Departing the Border

Well....

All good things must come to an end, and our stay here literally within a few miles of Canada was very much a good thing. Having family and good friends all over the country adds so much enjoyment and purpose to our travels.

It was great to be with Lloyd and Marian and we really appreciate their gracious hospitality in showing us around their beautiful home city.

A last pizza trip into town before heading south tomorrow included a stop at the public pier to watch the locals try their hand at crabbing - sometimes the delicious dungeness crab isn't the only thing coming up to the deck. The crabbing starts young, doesn't it?

The view here from downtown Blaine really shows how close we have been to the border - that's the Peace Arch in the no-mans-land between the customs checkpoints.