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| Evening on the MV Chelan |
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| The Magic Bus takes a cruise |
No problem. We got online, made a ferry reservation and dug out our passports. Then we drove to Sidney, BC, had a pleasant lunch in a waterfront restaurant, and caught the evening ferry to Anacortes.
In the ferry line, we joined other travelers in gorging ourselves on all the fresh fruits and vegetables we had in the car, as we'd been warned by customs & immigration that these were not allowed ashore in the US.
It was after dark when we landed on US soil, but we know Anacortes from several previous visits. There's a city campground right near the ferry docks, but it was still an adventure trying to select a campsite somewhat blindly. We finally found a level spot and trekked across the campground with our flashlights to pay for our site at the automated kiosk.
Monday morning, after breakfast at a deli we always visit here, we headed to local Safeway to stock up on groceries. After three weeks in Canada, everything seemed deeply discounted. Things like milk and cereal cost half what they did north of the border.
We spent the next three days at Deception Pass State Park, another favorite spot in this area, and a nicer campground than the one we'd struggled with in Monday night. Two afternoons we spent on the beach, where there was much to see -- jumping fish, surfacing seals, begging seagulls, lumbering barges and swift Navy jets. The park is quite near Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, which can make it a noisy spot. Fortunately there were no late night operations while we were there.
Our next order of business was new tires for the Magic Bus, which has landed us in a waiting room with wi-fi and electricity, two things that have been difficult to find the past few days.
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