Farewell to Camano Island

The morning sunrise here is spectacular. We were so thankful to spend eight glorious days visiting family on Camano Island. During the week our time included hanging out with a bunch of the cousins. Labor Day at the beach cabin included a big barbecue with Becky and Jeff Hilen, their daughter Annie and son-in-law Tom, Maree and Roger Haug, their kids and grandkids. Tuesday night we had dinner at Creigh and Rick's gorgeous new home up on the hill. We also made a trip out to see Emmett's home on the island and his latest pride and joy, a 26" Nonsuch sailboat in the La Connor Marina. On Wednesday we drove into Everett to have lunch with cousin Maree including a walk around the marina and sightseeing around Everett. It's always a joy to spend time with the Hilen cousins!

Emmett's boat, for all my boating friends, the Nonsuch 26 is a unique recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa cored deck and wood trim. It has a cat rig, an unstayed mast with a wishbone boom, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 8,500 lb and carries 2,750 lb of ballast. The boat has a draft of 4.50 ft (1.37 m) with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke 13 diesel engine of 13 hp (10 kW). The fuel tank holds 24 U.S. gallons and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 60 U.S. gallons. It has a hull speed of 6.62 knots.

Sounds like a hectic schedule but we had plenty of the time to ourselves relaxing on the beach cabin property reading and tweeking the fifth-wheel. Karen got to the YMCA in nearby Stanwood three times so she could swim laps at their pool, so she was in her happy place. On our last night, Thursday, we went out on a date to the Blue Heron Restaurant for a wonderful dinner on the island.

Friday was moving day. The morning was spent getting things packed up inside the trailer and hooking the truck back up to the rig.

Our destination was Chimacum, Washington at the Evergreen Coho SKP Co-op RV Park. the route involved driving around Skagit Bay to Coupeville on Whidbey Island. There we had a reservation for the Coupeville/Port Townsend Ferry across Admiralty Bay and Inlet. From Port Townsend it's a short 15-20 minute drive south to Chimacum..

TIGHT FIT FOR TRINITY!!!

This RV park is a proud member of the Escapees RV Club system, Evergreen Coho SKP RV Park is a cooperative 55+ RV community consisting of friendly folk who enjoy participating and living in the RV park. They offer both permanent memberships for qualified Escapees members and also short-term rental lots. We used our current Escapees RV Club membership to book for five nights.