Birch Bay Trip 2015...And the Lynden Fair!

 

So this past weekend we took a 4 day weekend and scooted down to Birch Bay for some camping; I had not been to Birch Bay in over 20 years so it was kind of cool to see it has not changed one single bit. We stayed at the Thousand Trails RV Park which was a hop and skip from the beach. The RV park was pretty solid but had screwed up positioning of their sewer "holes" and a really small pool. The lady in the office said the screwed up sewer holes was because the first part of the RV park was built in the 60's and trailers were smaller, I am assuming the pool was smaller because the average american wasn't 300 pounds back then. The "newer" part of the RV park had normal sewer holes if anyone cares.

 

We went to the Lynden Fair on Friday and it was our first time there and it was awesome. We saw this dude that had all these crazy animals and reptiles from a wildlife refuge. When I first saw it I thought it was crazy he had a wolf and cougar in a little cage and then the guy went on about how they usually stay at the refuge where they have a crap load of land and the rest of the pack is; he told the story and I left feeling "all good" about it. It was informative too as he spoke about back in the day when they tried killing off all the wolves in Yosemite and surrounding areas and the impact it had further up and down the food chain; the moral of the story was don't screw with nature as other bad things happen. It was the first time I saw a "cat barn" as one of the 4H clubs had a cat display; it was pretty funny seeing all these cats chilling in these cages that were all decked up. The kids got to go cruising on a camel (camel jockeys) and we saw little kids riding sheep! That was super funny, one kid was three and bailed pretty quick but this other kid made it all the way to the other end of the field and then bailed into a steel post; the announcer said she will be fine. Put a hockey helmet on a kid and they can do anything! We also saw a hypnotist do some stuff people and other things. It was a great day at the Fair and we hope to attend again next year!

 

We also spent lots of time at the beach where Cohen got to spend some quality time with his metal detector. We found lots of rusty nails and even a couple rocks that were setting off the metal detector; Uncle Nick if you are reading this please send us a text with what kind of rocks they are. My theory was they were radioactive rocks from Japan but I don't think that is the case. As always we also spent lots of time in the pool and riding bikes and then Monday I got to spend the day answering e-mail because the stock market took a shit so I don't count Monday as a vacation day. Deal! Many pictures below.