Off to Washington today. Stopped first for a Province & Starbuck's latte. There was a 90 minute wait at Peace Arch & the truck crossing so I went out Hwy 10 & the Fraser Hwy to Huntingdon and got through in 10 minutes. Found a good website with the Border Wait Times.
Wandered around the area east of Lynden and ended up back on I-5 near Bellingham. Down to Burlington so I could stock up on marmalade & jam from Harry & David's. Gassed up at Costco and then went back to Barnes & Noble near Bellis Fair. The mall closed as I arrived at 6 so I sat and read in a coffee shop to kill some time.
Picked Moira up at the Bellingham Airport at 7:40. We had dinner at the Olive Garden and drinks at Starbucks. There was a "police incident" at Peace Arch that closed the border ("The border was closed in both directions after a woman who was refused entry into the U.S. claimed she was carrying a "suspicious object in her bag." The explosives unit was called in to investigate...")
We stopped at the duty free shop at the truck crossing and cut in the front of the line so the wait was only about 15 minutes.
I was home at midnight after driving about 340 km.
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