Preparations we made yesterday made for a speedy departure this morning from the La Conner Thousand Trails facility. We were all done leaving our black and gray water at the dump station by 10:00 AM and were on the way north to WA-20. Once there, we turned east for the second visit this year to Grandy Creek Thousand Trails near Concrete. It is only about a 35 or 40 mile drive.
In this very blog I have noisily railed at backtracking during our explorations, greatly preferring to always cover new territory instead of passing the same spot twice. However, we have found that we truly enjoy the Concrete area which offers magnificent local views, Mount Baker NP, North Cascades NP, the Skagit River, dense forests, bison, elk, lots of birds, easy access to groceries and very tasty food at Annie’s Pizza Station about 3 miles away. The campground is very pretty with us RV-types spread out through a grove of large Douglas fir, cedar and hemlock trees. They have sewer hookups in most spaces here but the wifi requires a trip to the local activity center.
At about 11:00, we pulled into Grandy Creek only to be told by staff that we needed to wait until 12:00 to register despite our reservation. We were directed to park in a remote parking lot but fortuitously noted a very desirable spot on our way there and we naughtily backed in. All the other folks that might have wanted the spot saw it was already full of our waiting trailer and looked elsewhere. I do not feel remorse over not following directions, in this case.
We have full hookups and the satellite dish we set up has reception from the lofty satellites and we have TV. There are lots of dogs here and we like that. We are scheduled here for 12 days so there won’t be any travel days for a while. We like that; unfettered exploration and fooling around are right around the corner.
On the drive over we spotted a couple nice cars. You can see ’em if you click here