Last Stop Before Canada!
The last week in the states was spent in style in Mt. Vernon, Washington at this very impressive and new campground “Town & Country Motorcoach & RV Resort”. This place had large concrete pads for every trailer with well kept grass and planted trees. It had a pool, four pickleball courts, a nice restaurant and a bar that had some entertainers throughout the week (although it must be noted that they couldn’t compete with my talented brother-in-law, when it comes to voice or ability to engage with an audience - but I digress…)!
The campground was great and we enjoyed our time there. Being that it was our last stop in the States, we also arranged to get our mail forwarded to us for the last time and did our last prep for driving to Alaska. Karl ordered some new shocks for the trailer in preparation for some bumpy roads on our venture and spent an afternoon changing them (he’s pretty studly that way…and that’s the pic below with him under the trailer). We also enjoyed walking around the grounds and meeting some nice folks. There were a lot of people from British Columbia (since it’s just down the road a piece) and we got some good recs for our next stop in Vancouver.
Since we had a week in Washington we took the opportunity to take in some touristy places nearby. One day we were off to North Cascades National Park. The day that we went it was overcast and there were a bunch of road closures within the park for construction. So rather than driving around aimlessly, we went to the visitor’s center for a recon mission. We watched the video about the park. which has ALWAYS been incredible at every National Park that we’ve been to because it explains the ecosystems through the years, how the park came to be, the habitats and wildlife etc… Seeing the glaciers and the waterfalls in action in the video at North Cascades and realizing how they continue to feed the land and the lakes and the wildlife and so much more, gave us even more of an appreciation of Mother Nature (and freaked me out even more about global warming!…) We then took in the exhibits which displayed lots of the wildlife and soils etc… In my pics below I’ve included a picture of a sign from one of the exhibits that explains the types of forests that develop at the various elevations throughout the park. I found it all absolutely fascinating and a cool little science lesson and I hope you do too.
Our other scenic adventure was to Deception Pass State Park. To get to the park you drive over the iconic Deception Pass Bridge which connects Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island. There are various hiking trails within the park, but the first thing we chose to do was to take the pedestrian walkway (on the bridge next to the vehicle traffic) over the 1,486ft bridge. The bridge is 180ft above the Peugeot Sound and although the views were incredible, I held onto the damn railings of that thing like my life depended on in! The views of the turbulent currents were amazing, but walking alongside traffic with just a handrail and some cables separating us was more than a wee bit intimidating! We then went for walks on a couple of the trails and went down to the beach below the bridge. It was a beautiful day and we took in some beautiful sights!
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