The day we explored the parks of Washington

Well actually, before leaving Canada we had to try their national food...A&W.  Okay, maybe it's not their official national food,  but considering we saw more A&Ws in every town large and small, we have officially knighted A&W Canada's official food.   

After leaving Canada we headed to Camano Island in Washington state where Janae had generous friends, the Ericksons, who lent us a patch of grass to park our rig, and Chris even parked it for us...(for though we are practically perfect, we have one small Achilles heel, reversing the trailer)

(Insert picture of trailer parked with beach in the background that Sara took a picture of with her camera instead of her phone so no picture until she gets home...😒)

Their homes were on the beach, looking out at piles of sun bleached driftwood, clear blue water, the Cascades and birds flitting about (much to Sara's delight)

(Panoramic View from the porch)

After a restful night and friendly conversation we took the advice of the Ericksons and headed out to some of the neighboring island's parks.  We arrived at Whidbey Island and started exploring the tide pools at Deception Pass. (Cool name huh?!)

(The plaque says that Captain Vancouver was deceived about the peninsula)

It was a lovely place with lots of interesting creatures in the tide pools and a few dead fish and a skull of some poor sea creature.   (We decided not to investigate further)

 Our next state park ( we bought a pass for deception and decided to try and get in as many state parks in one day that we could...it's good to have goals.) was Whidbey.  We mostly just wanted a pretty place to eat lunch.  This little park fit the bill.  Joseph Whidbey was a member of the exploration of this area along with Captain Vancouver and Peter Puget.  So he named the island after himself.  Sounds reasonable, if you map it, you can name it.    

Finally, we went to Fort Casey state park.  It is an interesting state park with a lighthouse over 100 years old and a fort built over 200 years ago to protect the area from sea vessels that might attack.

We climbed up into the lighthouse.

(Old pictures rock)

We decided to camp here for the night.  It is a nice area.  We hope to hit more islands tomorrow...but for now, we are happily tired.   

Night friends!