Today the weather was still kinda shitty so we decided to do some shopping. My elbow is still giving me some trouble so driving and shopping are about the the only things I can do.

We drove down the Skagit River to Burlinton which, along with Sedro Woolley and Mount Vernon, make up the three cities at the intersection of WA-20 and I-5. Once there, we pulled into a Camping World store to get some replacement stuff for our RV. We picked up some storage compartment door catches, four packages of deodorizer/turd dissolver and a brand-new sewer hose which I’m sure will give me hours of entertainment while dumping the waste tanks in the future.

On the way back we stopped at Skagit Valley Burgers, a tiny joint built inside a caboose where they make what we consider to be the finest burgers anywhere. We were not disappointed today; my western burger and Peggy’s blue cheese burger were both great. My gimpy elbow had me attempting to eat the monstrous, slippery delight with my left, untalented hand and without napkins my shirt surely would have been ruined. We also picked up some of their garlic french fries which are superb even though we both stank of garlic for hours afterwards.

It is difficult to avoid wandering about in the truck here. Everywhere we go, we find delightful scenery. Both the south and north sides of the river have uncrowded roads along the shoreline and we thoroughly enjoy merely cruising up- or downstream. We took the Lyman-Hamilton Highway (a siding next to WA-20) on the way back home visiting both towns notorious for flooding before upstream dams made inundation rarer. There are many houses along this route built over garages which have nothing but columns in them. Anything else stored therein is subject to water damage.

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