Thursday. Excitement. Off to Vancouver today. Amanda and Aaron have been busy with paperwork for their work visas for Canada, so it was decided that John and I take a bus to Vancouver, rather than being driven up. Amanda volunteered to book our tickets. Thankfully the bus driver let us on, considering the tickets were booked for the following day by mistake. You were nearly stuck with us for another day, Amanda! The pleasant four and a half hour trip included a ...

After a relaxed start, and tents packed, we were of to town for breakfast/lunch and more importantly, wifi. Wednesday is market day in Bellingham, so the small central park was a mass of colour with handicrafts and fruit and berries. The warm weather has meant the berry season is now in full swing. A huge punnet of blueberries supplemented our breakfast beautifully, as did the donuts from Rocket Donuts. Yumm Well fortified, it was back to the car for the trip ba...

Our Larrabee camping site was a lovely place to wake up in. The tree canopy kept it shaded and cool. Locals have been complaining about the terrible heat wave, but the 32degree maximum felt very pleasant to me. After a lovely breakfast in town, which dragged into lunch, we headed back to camp to walk to a lake, we saw signposted near the entrance to the park. The lake was a 3.5k uphill walk, and while totally exhausting, was very picturesque. It reminded me of L...

On our last day in Seattle before heading north, we made our way back to the market, and to a cheese shop/factory for another delicious toasted sandwich. Amanda met us a little later, a few blocks away where the Underground Tour took us under the streets of Seattle and back in time with a history lesson on the sewerage issues of the 1800's. Seems the city burnt down in 1896 and when rebuilding took place, the roads were nearly 2.5m above the footpaths. The old fo...

Another beautiful day in Seattle. After finally locating a laundromat that was open on Sunday, we were back to smelling sweet again. As John decided to visit the Boeing factory, I grabbed the opportunity to check out the Seattle Art Museum. It was very interesting, and had a diverse collection of art from many historical periods and countries. From there it was hit the city time. Macy's, Banana Republic, Barneys of New York, Gap etc, Lots of looking, not much bu...