Soon to Move to Port Angeles

This morning we spent catching up on emails, bills, etc. but around 12:45 we left the RV and headed back towards Mt. Baker to visit with Russell and Susan.  Dave took off with Russell on his tour of Silver Fir campground (a Forest Service national campground) which is 1 of 3 campgrounds they manage.  We were amazed with their duties and responsibilities.  I stayed back with Susan and we did girl talk and catch up on each other's lives.  Lovely folks.  We will get to see them this winter when they visit Tucson.  They winter in Quartzite and will be going to Tucson for a doctor's visit.

They have their RV at Douglas Fir Campground, another Forest Service campground, where they have all the amenities of a regular full-service campground.  Water, electric (they use generators), and have a sewer hookup.  The 3 campgrounds they manage do not offer any amenities other than a pit toilet for campers.  No water (for showers or washing), no sewer, no electricity.  You have to be prepared for this and live 'off the grid'.  Big RVs cannot come in since they are mainly for 32 foot RVs and smaller.  Mainly for tenting.  Almost all the campers renting sites come to hike at Mt. Baker.
They told us of a 40 foot motorhome that came in to check out to see if there was a site, even though the "full" sign was up in front.  They had to be escorted out and take a quick detour because there was no way their rig would be able to maneuver the roadway out of the campground.  Stupid people.

Tomorrow we will run a couple of errands and then pack up the RV getting ready to move Tuesday morning.  What we will miss most - every night, at dusk, we get serenaded by a Great Horned Owl - screeching at us.  He/she sits in the tree right at the edge near our camp sight and talk all night.  First couple of nights was annoying, but now I have come to enjoy hearing it.  It's a big bird - we figure it's about 18" tall.  Lovely yellow eyes. One evening the bird had killed something, had it in it's talons while sitting at the tree.  The pictures below was from that evening - could not tell what it had killed, only that it was fuzzy and brown.

Tuesday we will drive to the Coupeville ferry and take it across Pugent Sound to Port Townsend where we drive more west, about 45 minute drive from the ferry, to our next sight.  Located just west of Port Angeles, an area we are familiar with from our visit of 4 years ago.  Looking forward to it, and to the smoked salmon that is available there.

Big yellow eyes!