Fort Casey RV Park
Sept 19th - 22nd We had seen this little spit of land and the campers and RV parked here on a little road trip in the car several weeks ago and we said at that time that we would try and come back here to stay at some time in the future. Since our plans are to finish out this month over on the peninsula and coast of Washington, one way to get there is to take the ferry from Widbey Island, which you can reach by bridge, to Port Townsend. The ferry ride will be only about 30 minutes as the minute the ferry clears the spit of land that the RV's are occupying you can see Port Townsend. It is this little spit of land that has drawn us here and our stay of three days has not disappointed us. The view from our site has been pleasant.
From the beach you see above one could Salmon fish for Coho, Silver, & Pink Salmon. I walked down when we first got here to watch a few guys fishing and heard of a few being caught. I wasn't sure if my equipment would cast as needed cause these guys seemed to have very long surf casting rods with big spinning reels on and they were casting out a country mile. I went and got out the crank bait rod I have used for years to fish the bass in the Mississippi River and proceeded to give it a try. My stuff worked just fine. Over the course of a couple of days and several hours of fishing I hooked a nice Silver Salmon and got him almost to the beach before loosing him. I got to see him jump several times. I did have one more on for a few seconds but the frying pan is still in the cupboard, for now.
We sat out along the beach wall and the ferry cove the other evening and a huge bull seal entertained us for a while with his fish chasing antics. There are sea gulls everywhere hoping to get the remains of a salmon that his been cleaned by the lucky fisherman on the beach.
We will board the ferry in the morning for that 30 minute ride to Port Townsend. I had to climb up on the roof this morning to measure to the ground, (12 feet 8 inches) as the ferry can handle a max. height of 13 feet 4 inches. Now I know for sure we can make it. We are looking forward to about four days along the coast. It is bound to be a bit more blustery and perhaps cooler but we are ready for it. To reach our destination at Seaview Washington we will have about a 3 hour drive through one of the only true rain forests on this continent. Should be a neat experience.
