Brawn on the beach; far enough away to keep our early riser
L-R: Noah, Mike, noise away from the rest of the boats.
Sarah, Luke. Penrose has a large number of
picnic tables, two covered picnic
areas, two fire pits, and grills scattered
throughout this beautiful 152 acre
park. There are 2 miles of great beaches
and nature trails and a big grassy area
for playing games with the family like
football, croquet, and bocce ball. The
park charges $5.00 for day use areas,
and they do get a lot of use on sunny
weekends. We pay $11 to stay at the
dock ($.50/foot) which nets us $6 for
sleeping – not bad.
continued on next page at the marina located across the cove. After a good, long boat ride with
hill to the campsite. What works best It is open summer weekends and has three kids, the first order of business is
for us, by far, is sailing to the dock, basic supplies including ice. getting a grill started for dinner. This
sleeping on the boat and enjoying the If the accommodations and space makes the anticipation of dinner so
excellent day use facilities. on your boat are limited , as on our boat, great that I’ve had higher praise for
Penrose Pt. is located on the east it is a good idea to be sure the facilities plain chicken breast at the park than
side of the Key Peninsula on the Carr on shore make up for it. Penrose has I get for steak at home. When dinner
Inlet next to the town of Home. It is real bathrooms with hot showers ($.50). is settled, it is time for a walk, some
14nm from Gig Harbor. Marine facilities There is a covered picnic area just up games, and a campfire. “Are we having
include 300 feet of dock moorage and 8 from the dock that was a real lifesaver s’mores tonight?”
buoys for deeper draft boats. We have for us last Labor Day weekend. It was I know that old saying about sailing,
seen large groups of boats anchored a perfect place where we could cook on “The journey is the destination,” but a
together in Mayo Cove. the Coleman stove and eat comfortably destination worth sailing to is a good
There is a fuel dock and small store sheltered from the rain. Also, it was just idea to keep the crew happy.
Michael Karangelen
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