I woke up at 6:25, looked down the way and Craig and Pam were gone. She said she wanted to leave at 7 am, but they must have left at 6. I hope they stop a lot. I believe they were going to Grants Pass and that it was a 6 hour drive. That would put them there before they would be able to get a spot.
I took Bella out for a little walk then alternated between putting things up for travel and working on the blog. The wifi isn't very strong and it takes forever to get the pictures. When Rob takes pictures with his phone he has to send them to me. That sometimes takes forever if it happens at all. It gets very frustrating.
Im antzy this morning. I want to get on the road. Its only a 3.5 hour drive so we can't really leave until 10 or we will get there before we can check in.
We did get on the road by 10. I had to stop for fuel immediately. Rob kept going. It took me an hour to catch him on the road again.
It was a pretty drive through the mountains.
Once we go on the other side we got an incredible view of Mt Baker. It is 10,781 feet tall. It was a pretty view.
I did go to the RV park and checked us in. I told him the road leading to Fidalgo Bay was horrible and that he needed to go slow.
I parked the jeep and then Bella and I went for a walk. There is a walking/bike path right next to us. It goes across the bay in one direction and into town the other way.. I could see the road across the bay so I would be able to see Rob when he started down it. He was 20 minutes behind me.
At the entrance to the path was this...!...? whatever it is.
I saw Rob coming so we headed back so that I could direct him into the spot. It is a tight back in.
We got settled and then rode our bikes down to the marina. We wanted to check out boats.
There was a 56' Northern Marine. It was up on stilts. The man was there and we started talking to him. He invited us aboard to check it out. His wife was also there. They gave us a tour and told/showed us all about their boat. It was real pretty. Definitely more than what we need, although the living space was nice.
We continued on and went to the walk on marina. Most marinas are locked, but this one wasn't. There are a lot of boats for sell. We were able to look into windows. We talked to a couple people.
I started really liking the Nordic Tugs. We are looking for something between 35 and 45' The Nordics seem to be very airy with large windows which I will definitely need.
Then we came upon a 31' Ranger Tug. The man was on deck and chatted with us for a bit. The 31 is the largest trailerable boat.
If we could live comfortably on the 31 feet then that would be ideal. We are living very comfortably in a 35' trailer, but there is a huge difference between the living space in an RV and that on a boat. But, we could move everything from the RV (hopefully everything) and then take the boat and store the RV. Possibly up here at Ft. Lewis. Storage on Military bases is generally cheaper and way more secure than other places. We could use the boat up here then take it and start anywhere on the loop depending on timing. Then we could take the boat back to California and use it for Rob's crash pad when he goes back to work, trailer it up here and do the San Juan Islands like Bruce and Debbie are doing, or take it down to Baja. It would truly be the ideal situation. We just have to get on a couple of them and really see how the living space is and feels and what storage looks like.
We went over to Anthony's. They had an hour wait for both patio and indoor dining. So we gave them our name and phone number and then rode the bikes back. There was a sign on our door when we got back asking us to take our fence off the grass. Their logic is, if there is a fence the pet will concentrate its duty all in one area and ruin the grass. Hmmm, doesn't make a darn bit of sense to me. If you have it on a leash its area will be much smaller and it will definitely concentrate its duty into a very small area. Whatever. We took it down.
When they called us to tell us our table was ready we drove over. We had a nice meal. We met a lovely couple who just bought some property here. He is an American Airline Pilot and is kicking himself for not taking an incentive line like Rob. He is very involved with the Union so it wouldn't really work for him. It turns out he was with the Canadian Army and flew F-18s He was in Holland the same time Rob was stationed there, but obviously at different bases. It was really fun chatting with them.
We came back to the park and started watching a movie. When the connection got bad we gave up and went to bed.
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