There was a whirlwind of activity around the Grandy Creek TT spot for our trailer today. Peggy was mostly responsible, me to a much lesser extent. Our daughter, Dana, and her man, Devon, were scheduled to visit us after making the drive here from Mukilteo (no kidding) late in the day. Peggy was furiously pursuing little housekeeping chores so the trailer would look better than it normally does. I went outside and did the very Jed-type task of dumping the waste tanks.
We went to the local market in Concrete (the Red Apple) and we purchased beer to augment our already substantial stockpile, produce and cheese. We failed on the cheese due to a poor selection. The prices are high but not terrifying. The road to the market passes a big pasture with a roadside turnout where elk can be spotted grazing on some nice Skagit Trust grass.
Our shopping trip ultimately ended up being for nought because after Devon and Dana arrived, we went out to eat at Annie’s Pizza in Concrete. Annie’s serves up some very unique flavors of pizza with selections like Cordon Bleu, garlic chicken Caesar, teriyaki and pizza fajita. We got a calzone and a Cordon Bleu pizza and they were amazingly scrumptious. It is fortunate that we do not live here because I would eat there all the time, swelling to the size of a zeppelin. Prices were reasonable with four of us getting away for around $50. Ordering is done at a counter but, once the food finally gets prepared, the workers deliver it to the table. Patrons get a glass for drinks and the soda machine is over there.
After dinner we returned to our campsite and broke out our portable fire. We have a little metal apparatus that hooks up to a propane tank so, once the user lights it without blowing himself up, there remains a small, sparkless fire raised above the ground that looks a bit like a burning pile of small sticks. We can use it in places where ground fires are prohibited much to the chagrin of other campers who don’t have one. Hahahaha.