Timmer's Travel Trailer Tales

Day 1 - Friday, 10/23/2020 It was a wet and dreary day when we left home around noon and drove up to our next campsite at Ft. Casey on Whidbey Island.  Fortunately, due to the time of day, the drive through the heart of Seattle on I-5 was easy.  The GPS wanted to route us using the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry, but the cost of the ferry was more expensive than the cost of fuel to be used while driving around via the Deception Pass Bridge.  We did make three stops along the way.  The first was for a late lunch at McDonald's in Smokey Point and the second was for refueling at the Swinomish Casino for fuel at $2.359 per gallon which was a good price. The last stop was at Wal Mart in Oak Harbor for some provisions. Arriving at our campsite we were pleased to learn that the Coupeville ferry terminal adjoined the park and we would have frequent ferry sightings. Given that I had only made this reservation a week ago, we were very pleased with this site #35 location.

We arrived at this cute little Washington state park about 3:30pm on Sunday afternoon after a short. 80 mile drive north from our home. This park is situated on Padilla Bay about 8 miles west of Burlington, WA with campsites on the east side of the Bay View - Edison Road, and the beach on the west side of the roadway. The beach is easily reached via an underpass. There is a small community called Bay View and interestingly one of the houses has the address 12745 which was the address of the house in Seattle that my parents built and that we later owned. Our cost is only $10/night for utilities as we have an offseason senior pass. Our camp setup process is pretty routine now and within an hour we were set up in campsite #30, The RV sites here are mostly a bit small except for those closest to the beach and near the camp host. We are parked next to the bathroom which is sparkling clean and heated and has showers. We also have a view of Padilla Bay out of our dining