'Cross the Border

It looked far too good not to get out in it somehow. So we went for a little drive. There are four main border crossings into Washington State on this side of BC. We didn't think we'd ever crossed at Sumas the furthest east at a little over an hour. So, today we tried it. Whereas, the local crossings had wait times of over an hour, it was just 10 minutes there.

We had to again drive west to come to Bellingham. We first went downtown and ran into the Saturday Farmer's Market. It was packed as this was such a fine spring morning.



After, we went to the Bellis Fair Mall which was about 60% full of Canadians who'd gone to buy cheaper goods south of the border. The only thing we bought was a tank full of gas which at US $4.23 seemed like a steal compared to Canadian prices. Oh, and we also ate lunch. We went in the Old Country Buffet where I ate far too much. Coming back was easy as we just went up I-5 through the Peace Arch crossing. Waiting to cross into Canada took about fifteen minutes. The sun's still out!