Jeff’s dogs insisted on sleeping on the bed with us so it was a bit tight but we managed; Tucker preferred sleeping in their bed as revenge J. Rochelle spent the morning getting her last minute stuff ready and refused any of our help so we sat on the porch and read. Jeff and Debbie showed up around noon to pick up their dogs then left a short while later after we had said our goodbyes. Kevin’s family; mom and dad, sister and her two daughters, grand-kids Hayley, Graeme and girlfriend Courtnay showed up around 1 pm and we ate around 1:30 PM. The meal was absolutely fantastic; turkey, mash potatoes, my favorite fruit salad, carrots, homemade cranberry sauce and a few other items. For dessert we had apple pie with ice cream and a cookie truffle...delicious! We then sat around and chatted. Everyone went home by 4 pm but the kids (Graeme, Courtnay, Garrette & Hayley) showed up later for some left over and visited until 10 PM. We missed Vanessa and Todd as they had to work and Rochelle’s mom who was sick. It was a great family day!!!
It was another good day sort of. Rochelle had to take her mom first thing this morning to the hospital as she was sick but it all turned out OK, we think! Kevin and I made a template for a glass I want to put on the counter; he will have it ready when we get back next spring. In early afternoon, the girls, Vanessa and Hayley, came out for a final visit with us this season then it was time to say our goodbyes to them. After they left, we went to meet friends we met in Mexico, Rudiger and Charlotte. They served us a delicious dinner and we had a great chat together. We came home around 11:30 pm, got Tucker from the house and went to bed.
We were up by 8 AM, showered and had a coffee with Rochelle and Kevin. It is sunny but a bit cool first thing this morning. We finally said our goodbyes and left at 10:30 AM. We drove to the Husky station, dumped, put air in the tires and then hooked up the Jeep. We discovered that the jeep’s lights would not come on so I drove to TRADEMASTER where it was originally set-up and they checked the whole system, changed a couple pugs and finally got it working. We finally got out of there by 1:30 PM! We headed West on Hwy 1 then south on Hwy 13, just past Abbottsford. We arrived at the US Border and almost screwed up. I went to the auto side which is usually normal but they changed the arrangements and we had to go to the truck side which made it for quite a long wait (almost a half hour). Once at the crossing, we were just rush through and wished a good trip and we were finally in the USA. We went south on Hwy 539 to Bellingham where we stopped at Bellis-Fair Mall. We went in and got our new US PHONE # with AT&T: 360-389-7648! We drove on to LA Conner and parked at “POTLATCH RV RESORT”, an RPI campground around 17:00 HRS. It is fairly small and tight sites but we managed. We are at site 37. It is close to the marina and downtown but not a campground I would come back to, mainly due to the size of the place however they do have a lot of amenities. We paid $11 for the night, had dinner and relaxed with a good glass of wine. By the way, we bought a loaf of bread, two large bottle of wine, a 26 oz of bourbon and a case of 18 beers for just under $72. WOW, sure beats BC!!!
We travelled 92 miles in 2
hrs and 19 minutes at an average 40 MPH for a total trip of 6 hrs and 30
minutes!
N 48* 23.887’W 122* 29.549’
ALT: 14 feet
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