We were not under any scheduling constraints today so we ended up mostly fooling around. We had B&E for breakfast, progressed into some Mimosas, spent a good deal of time identifying the abundant local birds and other wildlife and even took a drive into Burlington, Mount Vernon and the surrounding countryside.
We visited the Burlington Camping World, a store deliberately set up to make sure you depart with a vague sense of disappointment. They make folks queue up at the parts desk which seems to be rarely staffed by employees. Checkout is made into a nightmare through malfunctioning computers, staff incapable of fixing them and policies that require checkers to ask you if you want to join Good Sam, buy Good Sam roadside assistance policies, purchase extended warranties, inquire whether you found everything you wanted (never) and to look baffled when they make a mistake which they almost always do.
We also stopped in at a Coleman store where everything Coleman was for sale. We purchased another air bed for our daughter because the mattress she used when visiting us last week was flat in the morning. We had her leave it so we could attempt to determine the leak location and repair it. We were unsuccessful so we fixed her mattress problem another way. We also got got her a 12 volt mattress inflator because blowing up her failed unit almost killed Peggy when using lung power. I prefer compressors and could not be induced to fill it up by breathing alcohol-laced halitosis into its innards.
After the lightweight shopping, we took a spin to the nearby shoreline of Padilla Bay and the Strait of Georgia in Puget Sound. Looking south we could see Anacortes across the bay along with a big pulp mill spewing pink steam. Looking north is a gorgeous view of Strait and the mountainous islands sticking out of the Sound. We also made a side trip through the town of Edison where we found a skinny main drag extending about 2 blocks between cute historic buildings housing small restaurants, bars and antiques. Peggy and I want to return to Edison before our departure from this part of the world. Our daughter is scheduled to visit us in Bow tomorrow and perhaps she will want to go, too.
We took some pictures. See ’em by clicking here