Well almost according to plan. Each time I thought we were packed another bag appeared! So much for bringing the firewood and kindling. We were on the road by 9AM, coffee and breakfast to go, fantastic weather. We looked at the gas and pressed the "KM left" button - 68K. Would that get us over the border and to Bellingham for cheaper gas? Let's go for it.
The border was a 40 MINUTE wait - for some - NOT us - with Nexus - 1 car in front of us and we breezed through - BUT WHY do the border guards have to be so humourless? I guess it is their training. We are all potential terrorists...
Would we make Bellingham? The count down continued...33 K left in the tank...Driving was easy, few cars, mostly CDN's heading south. Another loaded car with gear piled over the windows past us and they even had a roofrack. We have to have one now that we are campers again, but we will not bring more stuff!
Trader Joe's is a US Grocery chain that Kay swears by. Great selection and really interesting choices - WE HAVE to stop in Bellingham. With 5K left in the tank I find a Chevron - all is well. We have a dinner to prepare that night and Kay has stocked up.
Finally, by 10:30 and we are off to Seattle. NOW the race is to get to Seattle before the HOV lanes close. Unfortunately, we don't make it and instead we get a taste of what driving in the Lower Mainland will be like 20 years from now (electric cars) - bumper to bumper and slamming on the brakes as traffic goes from 60MPH to a dead stop when merging traffic chokes the road. This is noon on a Friday.
The driving from Tacoma to Olympia is very tedious and dangerous really, with cars in a very tightly packed mass. 5 LANES both ways! No matter what lane I move into - I'm NOT neurotic - the lane I leave starts to move and the one I enter stops. We arrive at Erm's at about 1:30 and it is like a green paradise!
Lunch, uppack, sleep - and a great dinner that night with Scott and Linda (Scott is Kay's older cousin) - Lasagna! We should go to bed early but Fiddler on the Roof comes on at 10PM and we stay up until 1AM - OMG - we are suckers for that movie - thank you Norman Jewison.
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