Greg & Camille Go Bike

Still recoving from the long day we had yesterday, so let ourselves sleep in.

Out the door at 7:30 am

Early morning features a mix of neighborhood riding and bike trails

River road had lots of bike friends and great views of the river. Lots of log floats. Nearing the end of our time on River road, the trees that had been lining the road gave way and provided not just a clear view of the water, but also far off sky scrapers and mountains.

Bunch of bridges and more neighborhoods and trails. Too many hills :( Camille still getting her balance with the panniers. Saw interesting orange berries the size of grapes. Should have taken a picture. (snapped one later but don't think it's the same thing)

Stopped for lunch at the top of a short but steep hill in a neighborhood. Snacked on canned tuna, carrots, dried durian and some cereal. Dropped the cereal and were amazed at little ants dragging it away.

Safe biking along the side of moderate traffic roads. Stopped for groceries, including Vadi. Big mistake. Not a snack food... Mandatory Tim Hortons stop. More of the same moderate traffic roads.

Turned into farm land. Still lots of cars but safe. Approaching the border, one mongo hill hit us hard. Oof.

Lots of confusion at the border. Where the heck do they want us to go. Someone directed us to the CBP building. Don't think that's right, but we'll check it out anyways. It wasn't right. Why the heck does the pedestrian crossing zig zag in such a crazy way?

Apples are contraband. Tried to eat all the apples. They didn't even ask about the apples. Not a fan of the border agent: why did you bring your bags in? why did fly into Vancouver? only stayed a day? don't go biking on highways like those crazy Europeans!

ACA route tried to dump us on the highway. Route is clearly wrong, it's a side path next to the road. Highway didn't even appear to connect.

First sightings of the ocean today. Blaine was a really cute town, we approve. Biked along the water for much of the day. Lots of beach goers at Birch Bay State Park. We were struck by all the mountains off in the distance over the water, spanning the entire horizon over the water.

Stopped and rested for a bit on a log. Tried the Vadi again. No. Never again. Booked a hotel for the night at Bay City Motor Inn.

20-something miles to go. Lots of biking on lower traffic roads through the woods. Nice detour on closed off utility roads (allowing bikers and pedestrians).

Biking through the Lummi Nation reservation. After reading on the sign that it's both a Lummi and federal offense to destroy the sign, Greg noticed the bullet holes through the tribes insignia (?). Awful. Reservation had a lot of sections that looked a bit rough (lots of trash) but also some homes that had interesting character (interesting decisions with vegetation).

Mountain view road. Beautiful views of Mount Baker (?) in the distance for the next 20-30 minutes.

Stopped to figure out where we were getting groceries. Did pink haired lady in a very tiny car take a stealth selfie with us in the background?

Lots more bikers on the way into Bellingham. Passed by bike park made of sand. Stopped at co-op for groceries and sunscreen (Greg probably needed that hours ago). Finally arrived at hotel. Clean up, food, blog notes and bed.