AUGUST 2002

On the 1st, we had dinner with Earl's sister and brother-in-law, Priscilla and Mike. We had a very nice visit with them at their house on Echo Lake in Snohomish.

Before we left "Hilltop RV," Earl had a chance to do some more golfing, and we took Buck and Phyllis out to dinner at Thai Woodinville.

We spent several days at the Puyallup Elks Club (electric hookups only, but water and a dump available) visiting with friends, Dale & Myrna. The first night we arrived, we had dinner at the Elks Club and met the people behind us who also have a New Horizons fifth wheel. The next day, Earl and Dale golfed at Lipoma Firs, and then all four of us went to dinner at Europa Bistro where we had excellent food. We took a trip to Camping World, did grocery shopping and laundry, and then on Friday, the 9th, we had dinner at Dale & Myrna's new home. Dale does the cooking and is a great cook!

On the 11th, we drove back north where we stayed at the Verlot Forest Service campground near Granite Falls, north of Snohomish. That night we had dinner with my brother and sister-in-law, Dick & Bev, at their log home near Lake Stevens.

On the 13th, we drove to Shelton where we spent the night at the Elks Club, stopping first in Nisqually to have lunch and do grocery shopping.

The next day we made it to the Evergreen Coho Resort, the Escapees' park in Chimacum where we dry camped for 5 days. Earl got to do more golfing at Chevy Chase in Port Townsend, and we did shopping at the Costco located between Sequim and Port Angeles. We also went out to dinner a couple of nights.

We left Chimacum on the 19th and drove to Forks where we spent the night dry camping at the Elks Club. The next day, after stopping to have breakfast in Forks, we drove to Copalis Beach and checked into Copalis Beach Sunrise Resort, one of our Coast to Coast parks. The resort is just a short walk to the beach where we were able to let Maxx run off lead. He has so much fun running off lead chasing sea gulls! We spent a week at Copalis Beach and Earl had a chance to do more golfing at Ocean Shores. We went out to dinner a couple of times to have some yummy sea food and bought sea food to prepare at home.

Destruction Island Lighthouse:

South Rock: