We arrived at the park (formally Beachwood RV Resort) on a Thursday after being detained at the border coming back into the US from Canada.  This is our first visit to a Coast to Coast resort, and our first park not open to the public.  Like the Thousand Trails campgrounds, it has amenities like pools, spas, fitness rooms, tennis courts, and so on, so it wasn’t all that different.  The park is divided up into sections, two sections for people who live there full-time and several for those who don’t.  This is nice because you don’t feel that are the better sites are taken by people who live there.  There is one row of back-in 50amp sites that are large and spaced well, but the bulk of the sites are very tight with little room to camp outside your RV.  We found a great site with plenty of room, which I assume was once in a section reserved for tents as it had no water.  Honestly, what makes a site great is the people you camp next to or nearby.  We had the good fortune to meet several great people, Jim & Helga, Joe & Dianne, and Tom.

      Like I said, the campground has lots of amenities.  There are three pools, kids, family, & adult.  There are three spa tubs, family, adult, and one adult in a sauna.  There is also a separate sauna, a fitness center, an adult center and a family center.  The resort is set up with enough activities to keep the family busy without ever leaving the park.  There is also a small store located on the edge of the property so that it accessible to both people inside the camp and to the public.

     Beachwood RV Resort is located in the town of Birch Bay.  It's a small town that does its best to draw tourists.  There is a large water park and plenty of beach access.  The bay is beautiful, but at low tide, the beach doesn't look that inviting, yet there were lots of people out enjoying it.  The weekend that we were there, there was a classic car show and live music.  (the songs were good, but the singing was pretty bad)  Nearby is the border town of Blaine, it's a bit more touristy (unless you're looking for a postcard)  The border crossing there is Peace Arch Park, which is a beautiful park with lots of history on the making of the US/Canadian border.

      Below is information from Coast to Coast:  

Good Sam Rating: 6.5/5/6.5

Address: 
5001 Bay Rd.
Birch Bay, WA 98230

Resort Information: Resort is located 40 miles from Vancouver and 20 miles from Bellingham, convenient to winter and summer activities in the Pacific Northwest. Designed for the whole family as well as retired couples, the resort is in a wooded setting on beautiful Birch Bay. Saltwater bay offers nonstop summer beach fun, as well as peaceful winter solitude.

Full Sites: 272

Pull-through Sites: 104

Maximum Electrical Service: 30 amps

WiFi Available: Yes, (not at the campsites, but some sites have cable)

Maximum RV Length: Unlimited

Elevation: 0

Amenities: Recreation hall, outdoor pool, Jacuzzi hot tub, spa, sauna, tennis courts, horseshoe, grocery, teen center, playground, volleyball, softball field, soccer field, basketball court, disc golf, fishing nearby. Nearby: Beach.

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