Another 200 miles

Today was an easy day of driving from Salem, OR, to Seattle, WA.  About 200 miles, and then settled in at the Lake Pleasant RV Park in Bothell, WA.  We've stayed here before and really like the park, even though it's a bit pricy.  It's close to the home of our good friend Verna, whom we will visit with tomorrow.  Verna is in her 90's, and still very active in the Lutheran Church, probably due to the fact that she comes from stout Norwegian stock.  We love Verna to death, and look forward to spending some time with her.  She has arranged for us to attend a "fun fair" at the church tomorrow night, complete with games, activities, and of course, dinner. Donna and I are looking forward to the "hot plate" dishes!

We tried to extend our stay here beyond two nights, but the park is booked for the near future.  Good for them, bad for us.  They tell us that this has been one of the best years they've had in the last 10, so I guess the economy is really turning around.

On the way to Seattle today, we had to stop for fuel:

The little station advertised "RV EZ IN and OUT", and it's true....but it was 4 miles off the freeway in the middle of a farm.  Across the street was the hardware store:

Kinda a cute little burg, and they gave us a free soda with a fillup (spend $400 and get a soda...what a deal).

Our SIL Monte was in town for business this week, so we met him for dinner at a restaurant called "The Bonefish Grill".  Evidently this is a chain, but even so, the food was excellent.  Monte and I had the Crab Crusted Rockfish:

And Donna ordered Grilled Columbia River Steelhead with Mango Salsa:

We started with Bang Bang Shrimp and Crab Rangoons for starters with a bowl of Corn and Crab Chowder.  OMG that was good!  A piece of Coconut Cream pie that tasted more like Coconut Macaroons finished the meal and us. If you like fish, this restaurant should be on your list.

Until later.