When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.
Sunday was departure day. This was definitely one day you’d want to make sure you had reservations on the ferry to cross back over from Coupeville to Port Townsend. After all, there had been lots of shows and festivals going on over the weekend on Whidbey Ialand and the ferry would be packed. We already knew the only open ferry of the day was the 7:15 departure. However, our reservations were for the one right after that at 8:45.
This time we tried to plan our arrival for a few minutes after the first ferry left. We didn’t want to have to find a place to park if they weren’t going to allow us in the ferry lanes. However, as luck would have it, we did get there earlier than planned and actually got on the earlier ferry. It was the only ferry of the day that had any availability.
Crossing the ferry early meant that we would also have a head start on the trip we had ahead of us for the day to Woodland. The drive was about 190 miles.
It was a piece of cake and we were in our slot at the Woodland Shores RV park early enough to take a jaunt to “Williams Hideaway”. That was actually our destination but we needed to check out the parking since we had ordered 4 yards of gravel before we headed north. We were hoping that the gravel hadn’t been dumped where we planned to park the motorhome. We were pleased to discover that it hadn’t.
We also discovered we had a few unwanted visitors. These visitors were very unwanted. We had a nest of wasps a short distance from our outside fireplace. You can go ahead and ask how I discovered them. It wasn’t a friendly confrontation and I’m sure everyone within a couple of miles heard the commotion. I was a little luckier than Terry. I only got two stings. They liked him better. He got five. However, in the end, you can bet we got the best of them and their hive.
The other visitors we had were quite a bit more friendly. They were also begging for a few handouts. These are the visitors we much prefer. We had a few vittles left over from last year. They were pleased to sample the feast.
The intent wasn’t to do a lot of work on this trip. It was just to check it out and get ready for the move in the motorhome. We did pull some weeds and spray. That was just about it for the day. It had been a long day but we were happy to be back.
-- August 14th
-- August 14th
Todd has a real problem with wasps and nest around the old homestead and has to be constantly getting rid of hives. Glad neither one of you had a bad reaction to the stings. And being able to get on the early ferry - that's a great deal. Glad you're slowing down a little now.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what Sandie means-- catching the early ferry doesn't sound like slowing down to me! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be home even if you don't care for the welcoming committee. Glad you survived the stings.
Lee says you sure enjoy those ferry rides! I loved them too! Where are you off to next? We are moving toward Yellowstone tomorrow - oh the great adventures we are all having. Minus the wasps of course!
ReplyDeleteNice that Lady Luck smiled on you and you got on that early ferry.
ReplyDeleteNow how come she never smiles on you in a casino or when you buy a lottery ticket?
Revenge is sweet, bet you taught those wasps a thing or two. I can picture you out there doing your best Bruce Willis immitation with a spray can saying: "Die Hard!"