Little House on the Ferry. . .

Dad thought he was so funny when he said this he laughed so hard tears were running out of his eyes. I am sure you can all picture it!! 
It really was quite an amazing feat of driving to put the RV & truck on the ferry where they wanted it. We got to the terminal about 1 1/2 hours early as directed so we would be sure to get a spot.  First they load the foot passengers & people with bicycles. Next they load the cars going to the first island they stop at. Then they load the bigger vehicles going to the first island. It is all rather amazing. When you buy your ticket they tell you which numbered lane to wait in and then they know how to get everybody on in the right order. The size ferry we were on can hold up to 150 cars. 
When they gave Dad the go ahead he just drove it down the ramp and parked it packed in there so tight about 12" clearance on the left front corner of  the RV from the wall of the ferry. There is another row of cars parked right tight up against you on the right side as well. You just have to open your door real carefully and squeeze out so you can go upstairs and watch the scenery while you are sailing.  We made one stop at Lopez Island on the way and it took us about an hour even with the stop.  The loaded some vehicles on the opposite end at Lopez because all of the cars were getting off that loaded with us so when we got to our stop on Orcas Island a Garbage truck and a big Ford pickup had to BACK UP the ramp to get off before all the vehicles that had loaded with us in Anacortes could drive up.

We got off the ferry and drove some very small winding roads about 20 minutes on this island to our spot at West Beach Resort. It is very nice with lots of trees and a huge grass lawn where we are parked. 

There are lots of small cabins and one 3 bedroom house and then another spot for trailers to park.  There are also playgrounds for the kids and even some tents with wooden platform floors you can rent.  We are kind of up on a small bluff with some of the cabins but looking right out over the ocean facing west to the sunset.  You can see our trailer up on the bluff in the trees right above the white car on the left of the third cabin from the right side of the picture if you enlarge the picture. This is looking back from the boat dock at the resort.

Down below there are other cabins right on the beach with their own front porches and campfire rings on the beach. There is a dock and you can rent boats and kayaks and a little store etc. The first day we were walking down to register and saw a racoon just stolling along in front of one of the cabins. There is a pond with ducks and a hot tub where you have to keep your clothes on because as the rules say "this is a conservative resort".  Dad did another fantastic job to back the trailer in and we are enjoying our spot as the only trailer where there are spots for about 6. The pop out just misses a tree and the electicity & water hook-ups are in exactly the right place.

Wednesday afternoon we just were lazy. I set up my recliner folding chair and read a book out on the lawn. Dad puttered around with his computer and pictures and then took a nap.  Dad grilled steak for dinner and left it out on the picnic table while he came in to get some plates and a big old raven picked it up off the plate and tried to fly away with our dinner. (Dad thinks maybe his First Nation - what they call Indians up here - ancestors taught him to like steak)Luckily he could not carry it and dropped it on the lawn where it had just been mowed so there was grass clippings all over it. Dad ran out there and picked it up and we washed the grass off and enjoyed a delicious steak dinner.  We will be more careful in the future.

Here is a beautiful shot of the sunset - even without the bight colors it is fantastic. It is like all the scenery up here - all shades of blue/grey or green/brown.