Fall in the Northwest

It's that time of year. The leaves are turning glorious shades of red and gold, while littering the ground. The mornings are quite nippy and the days are cool even when the sun shines. Autumn is lovely.

We are at Beachwood Resort near Birch Bay with all of the visiting Canadians. This park seems to be a haven for them in the US. It's an interesting park with one section of mobile homes and park models, one section for tents and covered wagons, and one section for rvs.


The sites are fairly cozy, but we are just killing time here while we finish the storage unit. A couple more weeks and we should be heading for sunshine.


We took a walk this afternoon to the clubhouse where we found this cool mural painted on the side.


A game of shuffleboard and ping pong had us chuckling at our ineptitude but the book selection wasn't too bad. The park has two big pools, one for adults and one for families.


Doug spotted a tiny sliver of red in the blackberry bushes and fought his way through them to retrieve a long stem red rose for me. How romantic is that?



Take a good look at the stem on that rose. It's at least 5 feet long! No kidding!



He put it through a hole in the picnic table with a water jug on the ground and it still sticks up waaay above the table. He knows how to bring a smile to my face.