This adventure was the maiden voyage of my new camper trailer. This way I can get out even in the rain, be more comfortable at night, and stay longer hopefully! The destination was Camano Island State Park, and neither Dave nor I had been there before. It was Easter weekend, and wasn't supposed to be particularly warm or sunny, so we had a great campsite over looking the waterway between Camano Island and Whidbey Island.
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| The view from campsite #9 |
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| Cedar and Luna hanging out by the trailer |
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| Luna peeking out the window - Cedar in the background on the bed |
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| I wondered about this tiny island - it is called Baby Island. Perfect. |
The park is on a hillside forested with fir, maple, hemlock and madrona. It's also a network of trails, which was a lot of fun to explore. Even the evening we got there, we had Cedar and Luna all over the place, and saw the full moon light the silver sea with a path of gold.
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| Madrona clinging to the bluff heights |
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| The full moon was not this fuzzy really - it was so beautiful. |
There were birds - bushtits, spotted towhees, white crowed sparrows, robins and eagles. Even if you couldn't see eagles all the time, you could hear them throughout the day.
Saturday morning, I took my adventure dogs down to the beach. We saw a loon, and goldeneyes paired up and hunting in the shallows, as well as some immature bald eagles. The waves were hardly a ripple against the shore of smoothed riverstone-like rocks.
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| A pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes |
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| A pair of Common Goldeneyes |
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| This goldeneye is chowing down on a little crab |
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| Immature bald eagle |
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| Seagulls on a calm gray morning |
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| Luna wading with enthusiasm |
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| My canine adventure crew |
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| Cedar prefers sunbathing over wading |
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| A crow photobombed this picture of Luna |
We took another hike back down later with Dave and it was sunny enough for us to get overheated as we walked. Amazing! I was not expecting such wonderful warm weather. We went down a third time when my mother-in-law and brother-in-law came by for a picnic, although we hitched a ride with them back up the hill that time. We ate overlooking the sea and saw a gray whale!
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| A whale tail |
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| Boat for scale |
Sunday was drizzly and breezy, but we saw two more gray whales, and I took another hike down to the beach and back with Cedar and Luna. It felt great to be hiking around so much, but in typical camping fashion I feel we had enough snacks to negate the efforts haha.
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| I thought this driftwood looked like a pale lady looking out to sea |
I highly recommend Camano Island State Park. Not every campsite has a water view, but most have some separation from the campsites next to them, it is very clean and organized, and has showers as well... there is the beach, a boat launch, trails all over and for trailers - a dump station. It was a perfect place for my first RVing experience, and so very peaceful. I hope to come back again!
