Mad dash to the border....or rather, not so mad of a dash...

Day 9:

     Today was a later start; we waited for the morning traffic of Seattle to clear up before we hit the road. Are course? North. Our destination? CANADA! The trip up was un-eventful. We got to the border crossing and had to wait a handful of minutes for our turn. The lady took our passports and asked us some questions and then we were good to go. We didn’t really have any plans; we just wanted to drive up to Vancouver to see it. When we finally got to the city, the parking place’s meter didn’t want to work. So we drove a little further and just parked on the side of the road and fed some coins into that meter. Unlike the last one, where you could pay for all day, this one was only for a couple of hours. However, we just put about a half of an hour’s worth. With parking covered, we walked through the city, which, by the way, is the first major foreign city that Nathan or I have been in. It was a pretty strange experience. It is not like there was a lot of difference between it and any U.S. city I had been in, but was just strange. I did notice, that Canadians like BMWs and Mercedes. In the city I saw a ton of both of those. Still talking cars, we saw a Lamborghini streak by us. I couldn’t tell what type it was b/c it was gone to fast. Also at a dealership, there was a beautiful Aston Martin Vantage!!!! OK, OK, I shall stop boring you with all the AWESOME cars that I saw. After stopping at a gift store to pick up a postcard, we walked back to our car with a couple of minutes left on our meter. And then, we left Vancouver behind us and made for the border. The crossing back into the states went fine as well. It felt good to see speed signs that weren’t in kilometers per hour! Anyway, we then headed for the coast and Discovery Bay. Since it was getting late, we found ourselves a campground and pitched tent in the town of Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island. Not to far back up the road, we had passed a Naval Air Station that Nathan believes he purchased an aircraft tug from when we worked for the Navy in Virginia. Later that evening, I also spotted a F/A-18 Hornet fly through the sky. That always makes me smile! :D  While walking along the beach and skipping stones (I did really well with that!!!), we viewed some of the driftwood sculptures that people had created earlier that day for a contest. There was one that looked like a starfish which was really cool, but other than that, none of the were stellar. Baseball sounded inviting to us, so we played some catch until it was dark and then our tent called. I answered. The funny thing is the only thing I heard was soft snoring…..

End day 9.