Movin' West - Day 25

The appropriate caption for this picture should be "The Honeymooners". That is because, after 42 years of marriage, we are still happy to be together doing what we both love to do, and enjoying each other's company. After more than 3 weeks of being together in a 38' X 8' box, eating EVERY meal together, doing EVERYTHING together, we are still talking to each other and have no differing of opinion about anything (except my driving, of course! When she thinks I am driving too fast, I ask if she would like to trade seats - discussion over).


Friday, September 26, a beautiful, sunny day at Fidalgo Bay. Note the sunrise, above. Today finds us traveling south through Seattle and Tacoma, to Elma, WA. We are staying at a campground in the town of Elma, which is located south of the Olympic National Forest. Tomorrow, we will explore some of the rain forests in Olympic, on the western side of the forest.

The drive south was mostly uneventful. We stopped for fuel in La Conner, WA, where we met a couple of young men who were on their way to go crabbing. Before they stopped to fill the gas can for their boat motor, they decided to do a bit of fishing in the river across the way from the gas station. They really got lucky, because they showed us the salmon they caught, on a lark, basically. This baby was huge - a 25-pounder, at least. Too bad I wasn't prepared to photograph it. One thing I can assure you is that, despite the fact that the highways here are called "Freeways", they still SUCK!!! I am convinced that, whereever there is a densely populated area, the roadways are terrible - that is, they are bumpy, full of pot-holes, and in desperate need of repair. My slogan this morning was "On either coast, the roads suck the most". When we hit road conditions like this, evrything in the motor home "walks", that is, it starts to bounce across whatever surface it is on, until it falls to the floor. In addition, after traveling on these kinds of roads, one has to be very carefull when one opens an overhead cabinet, or the refrigerator. Many is the time one of us has nearly suffered a broken toe when opening a cabinet, or the 'fridge, without thinking.

OK, enough about that - tomorrow, as I mentioned, we go into the Olympic National Forest. Be sure to stay tuned for pictures.

Here's your link to the web album from today's adventures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripLeavingAnacortesDay25?authkey=rQ9XexBvcRk#