After the stay in the KOA in Burlington, WA, we worked with the recommended RV dealer there to look at about 20 items that needed service; nothing serious though, which says a lot for the Forest River Georgetown unit. Some of the items would take time, as expected, so the dealer said we could live in his lot for last Thursday and Friday nights (Sep 27 & 28) as they would work on the Flying Scotsman on Friday and Saturday. Sounded like a good idea.
The lot was great and the service at Camping World was superb. I can’t say enough good about their attitude and work schedule … good company. We probably should have stayed at a local motel though. Saving a couple of bucks by staying in the RV lot didn’t get us much sleep. Between the train which ran about 100 feet behind the RV every hour all night long and the coyote howling which kept Buster howling and the rain, we did not sleep much for those two nights. Then we had to be out of the bus by 8am so the techs could move the RV into the service bay and do the work, so we had to roam about Burlington for the day, eh. Yes, that is the train just behind the RV .... I'll take the other Hooter any time of day!!! The coyote is hiding somewhere, just waiting for midnight ...
Anyhow, by about 1pm on Saturday, we finished what service work could be done by the weekend and moved over to the Gardner’s driveway which is midway down the western coast of Whidbey Island. Their house is awesome and sits on a bluff overlooking the Puget Sound and literally you can see all the way to Victoria, BC. Here's the Flying Scotsman blocking a nice view of their home with 20,000 pounds of plastic.
However, as soon as we got there, the winds picked up and for Saturday night we were pounded with a 40-50 mile per hour wind and again no sleep for the weary Gunns. This is the most wind the bus has had to put up with and even though we were tucked in close to Richard and Wanda’s garage, it was rockin’ and rollin’ all night. We pulled the slides in and that calmed it a bit, but the winds continued through the next day. Finally after about 24 hours, the wind subsided and Sunday turned into a really beautiful day with the pic above … highs about 64 and low about 45. Sunday night was calm and we finally got some well deserved sleep.
On Monday we pulled the jacks up and headed for the Deception Pass area on the north part of Whidbey Island and the North Whidbey Island RV Park.
We have put down a month’s rent ($405 plus elec) on the place here so we should be fairly stable until 1 November. While the cell coverage is mid to poor as is the wi-fi, the sat TV is good. And the price isn’t too bad even though because we are here for the month we now have an electric meter.
