20241015 Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Razor clam RV trip to Grayland Beach State Park.

20241015 Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Razor clam RV trip to Grayland Beach State Park. 

Ben had brought the RV to the house yesterday after topping off the LP tank at Cenex so we were able to load up provisions and gear last night. This morning, he hooked up the Bronco Toad (towed vehicle) so we can drive on the beach with less worry of getting stuck in loose sand. Ben’s brothers George and Franklin will be joining us in Franklin’s RV. 

We headed off island at 9am and stopped at the Angel of the Winds Casino to fuel up the RV and Bronco. Janet has found penny slots at the Casino, but we just made a quick stop to use the restrooms and grab a free cup of soda before getting back on the road. 

Traffic through Seattle was a bit of a mess due to a disabled semi truck south of downtown but we made it to the Lacey Costco around noon where we topped off the RV and picked up a pizza for lunch and dinner. The Lacey Costco is now having all customers scan their membership cards for verification before entering the warehouse. This caused significant back ups at the entrance as both members and staff weren’t entirely sure of the procedure. 

We got to Grayland State Park about 3pm. The park ranger issued a window tag for the RV as well as a no extra cost window tag for the Bronco towed vehicle for the campsite. 

The site we were able to reserve for Tuesday and Wednesday is a back in site long enough for both the RV and Bronco. We unhitched the Bronco before heading to the camp site and parked it in front of the RV. 

Franklin and George arrived to their site, which was 2 sites from ours and just steps away, about a half hour later. 

After changing into our waders and loading up our clamming gear into the Bronco, we hit the beach, which had a drive on access just off the Grayland State Park entrance. 

The Cranberry Road beach access was pretty soft so it would have been easy to get vehicles stuck in the loose sand. The Bronco had no trouble but it was a good thing we didn’t attempt to do it in the RV. 

We started clam digging at 4:05pm with the tide at 2’ and dropping. Janet and Ben had their limits of 15 clams each in about 25 minutes. It took Franklin and George until 4:45 to get their limits. The weather was incredible. Very little wind and no rain. It was pretty close to ideal conditions for razor clam digging. 

We got our clams cleaned and put up in the refrigerator and then had leftover pizza for dinner. We didn’t have enough cellular bandwidth to stream any video so Franklin Airplayed images from his phone to the RV’s TV from his recent New York to Montreal cruise. A rain went through the area but let up around 10pm so Franklin and George could get back to their RV for the night.