Today was a travel day. We checked out of the Thousand Trails Birch Bay RV Resort just outside of Blaine and headed south on I-5. We couldn’t go any further north without passing into Canada and that was not on the plan. This is the first time we have gone south on I-5 in a long time.
We followed I-5 down to WA-20 where we turned west toward Anacortes. Just before getting into town, we turned south along Skagit Bay. Soon, we were on Snee Oosh Road (no kidding) and pulling into another Thousand Trails facility, La Conner Campground. The campground has maybe 275 camp spots, has no sewer hookups (except at about 30 always-full sites), gravel roads, great brush and forest screens between sites and no wifi. They also are located such that there is no cell data or phone service. The caveats are that we get to stay up to 21 days free, it is safe and secure at night and it is located at the edge of beautiful Skagit Bay or Similk Bay depending on the map you are looking at. Peggy and I stroll from our RV spot over to see the water in the afternoons.
Not far from our RV park is the Swinomish Reservation. They have their own village across the Swinomish Canal from upscale La Conner. They also have a big casino located out on WA-20. We can see the fisherpersons from the Swinomish side of the canal out fishing in the Sound using gill nets and chubby little boats with big net reels in their bows. Back in the village, fireworks sales sheds covered with bunting are being trucked back to storage.