Today we left Thousand Trails Mount\nVernon (actually in Bow) and headed out for the return journey to La\nConner. This time we are staying in the La Conner Marina RV Park\nwhere we stayed about three weeks ago. Although the La Conner TT\ncampground is visually appealing, there is no WiFi, satellite TV or\nsewer, which is problematic for stays greater than about 4 or 5 days.\nWe have to pay $30 a day at the marina, but there is WiFi, sewer and\nsatellite TV. The marina is not quite as scenic as the TT park but it\nis located right in La Conner, a delight for Peggy because she loves\nto shop and the downtown area offers ample stores for a dedicated\nbrowser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tWe were assigned to space 10, two\nspaces from our previous site when we stayed here a while back. Space\n11 has very lumpy pavement due to a nearby massive sycamore tree’s\nroots but we knew the park hosts don’t rent out 11 until the very\nend. We promptly put our truck in the lumpy site 11 and have not been\ntold to move it. Everybody else needs to park about 50 yards away in\na nearby Port parking lot. There are signs, posted by the Port of\nSkagit, that indicate a permit is required to park in their lot but,\nin our stays here, we have not seen a parking permit nor any parking\nenforcement. Even on the 4th<\/sup> of July, there were ample\nvacant spaces in the lot despite being right on the waterfront and\nalmost directly underneath the spectacular fireworks launched from\nthe marina. This last 4th<\/sup>, it was hard to determine\nwhether the City of La Conner or the Native American civilians across\nthe Swinomish Channel had better explosives. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \tIt seems fireworks are legal in\nWashington and you can buy them everywhere. Strangely, launching\nanything that goes up or boom is illegal almost everywhere. I guess\nif you shoot all your ample supply of legally purchased but illegal\nto light fireworks very quickly, you won’t get caught because all the\nproof self-destructed. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \tWe check the weather in our hometown,\nSan Diego, regularly and are just delighted we are here. While our\nhometown broils in torrid temperatures, the weather here has been\nterrific with temperatures between 60 and 75 F. It rains a little,\nonce in a while, but mostly the summer weather here is magnificent. I\nthink we have about another month and a half in the Pacific Northwest\nbefore moseying back south when it starts to get cold here. The\nscenery is stunning, there are animals everywhere, there is\nreasonably priced seafood, marijuana is perfectly legal, Peggy likes\nthe shopping and the weather is wonderful. And they sell fireworks\nwhich I certainly enjoy even though when I light them I have to be\nfurtive, no small feat when old and arthritic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today we left Thousand Trails Mount Vernon (actually in Bow) and headed out for the return journey to La Conner. This time we are staying in the La Conner Marina RV Park where we stayed about three weeks ago. Although … Continue reading