Yesterday was our first full day at the Lake Goodwin RV Resort in Stanwood, Washington. It was another great day weatherwise with blue skies and temperature above average. The thermometer hit 83 degrees here.

Our granddaughter, Gabi, stayed with us overnight. We all slept in and didn’t get out of bed until 9am. I haven’t slept that late in awhile. It felt good.

After breakfast, Donna and Gabi went for hike through the county park next to the RV park. I unloaded the scooter from our trailer. Donna needed a few fresh vegetables, so I rode the scooter to the Fred Meyer store in Marysville. Donna sent me a text saying they had seen deer near the road and to be careful riding in the area.

Deer on the roadside

The ride to the Fred Meyer store was longer than I thought it would be. The long ride included a section of road construction choking traffic on Smokey Point Boulevard down to one lane. On my way back, I decided to skirt the construction by taking a shortcut across 136th Street to 140th Street NW.

Many of the roads around here are dead ends because of the lakes. As I traveled west on 140th Street, I was trying to remember which avenue would take me to Lake Goodwin Road. I should have turned north at 46th Avenue, but I missed the turn. My shortcut took me all the way out to Kayak Point, then up Marine Drive to Lakewood Road, west of Lake Martha. This was a long loop.

That’s how shortcuts can be sometimes. If it was easy, it wouldn’t be a shortcut. It would just be “the way.”

It was 2pm by the time I returned from my quick run to the store. I had a late lunch and then I joined Donna and Gabi at the end of the swimming dock in the lake.

RV resort swimming dock

The dock extends well into the lake, but the water is only about four feet deep at the end of the dock. I lowered myself into the lake to join them, but I was surprised by the lake temperature. The water was cold. I didn’t understand how Donna and Gabi spent hours in the lake. After a few minutes, I had all the fun I could stand and got out.

The lake covers about 535 acres and is popular for swimming, fishing and watercraft. There are several lakes here in the northwest sector of Snohomish County.

Boats near the park dock on Lake Goodwin

Private docks and residences

Yesterday, our neighbors pulled out of the park. We had open sites on both sides. That didn’t last long though. New neighbors moved in. Our new neighbors to the west of us told Donna how they are having trouble finding a place to stay for a few weeks. They are from Tucson and own some kind of shop here. The shop flooded and they need to stay for a few weeks to repair it. They will be here in the RV park for a week and then they need to find another place to stay.

I’m still wondering why the park management won’t allow my cargo trailer to be in my site. I guess they think that cargo trailers will be an eyesore and degrade the park. I took a walk around and snapped a couple of photos yesterday. There are a few sites with rigs that have been here for a long time. If the management is concerned about eyesores, they should be looking at these sites and not worrying about a cargo trailer.

I wonder when this rig set up here

This looks scary – propane and extension cords

Having the trailer in the storage yard is a minor inconvenience. I’ll get over it.

Last night, Alana and her daughter, Lainey, and their “adopted” friend Andrea joined Donna, Gabi and me for dinner. Donna made her famous blackened tilapia fish tacos. For desert, we had black bean brownies. After dinner, the girls played a few rounds of Scattergories at the picnic table.

My daughter, Alana, has today and tomorrow off from work. We’ll get together with her and the girls and enjoy the lake.