Today we crossed the boarder, much quicker now we have a green card, into the states to go to the Washington North East County Fair at Lynden. On crossing the border you could see how mild the spring had been by the amount of snow on top of Mount Baker. We parked away for the grounds as they had a free shuttle bus to the gates. Molly and Tracy were very excited as the shuttle arrived as it was a yellow school bus. Once inside the fair we split from Bill and Ed s...

We checked out of our hotel and had breakfast in Starbucks. On our way to the science museum we stopped by the fountain in the park which was changing it's water flow to the music being played. The museum didn't have a bag check so we had to wheel the suitcase around. In the museum we started at the dinosaurs, then on to the solar system. In the animal section they had a lot of naked mole rats. These originally come from Africa and having no fur look like they ...

Today we caught the bus to the museum of flight. The first section we looked at was space where they had a collection of memorabilia including food and sleeping suits. Molly had a go at landing an apollo and space shuttle on a simulator. We then went into a lab section from the space station. After that we looked at the plane area where Molly sat in the cockpit of a blackbird. After lunch we went on Concorde and Kennedy's air force one. We caught the bus back to...

We caught the bus to Pike Place Market to see the flying fish. More tourists than people buying fish but a few were passed around while we watched. We then made our way to the harbour cruise. This lasted about an hour with the weather nice enough to sit on deck. There were some nice views and the guide had so much knowledge of the local area. After we docked we walked along to the aquarium. They had shallow rock pools to touch sea cucumbers and anemone. Our fav...

With thanks to Lyndon, we were dropped off to catch the coach to Seattle. We had enough time to grab a coffee before the coach arrived. Once at the border we were told to go before everyone else but it took so long to get through we were the last back on. Imagine if we were from Cuba or former soviet union, I think we would still be there. We arrived in seattle just before two, with Tracy sleeping most of the way and Molly and I playing charades. We grabbed so...