We left Oympia, WA and headed for Hope, British Columbia.
It started out a bit chilly but by the time we crossed the border into Canada, it was sunny and warm. Couldn't ask for better weather.
As we headed North from Olympia, here was nothing much to see on the I-5, we detoured into Bellingham, Washington for lunch. Downtown Bellingham is a cute area. There were lots of quaint shops, restaurants and an amazing amount of places to buy coffee. Lots going on in the area.
We found a lovely spot on a harbor to have lunch. The restaurant, Anthony's was a perfect spot to have yummy seafood on our way out of the US.
We got to the border and spent about 20 minutes in line to get into Canada.
The views are magnificent every where you look!
One of the issues we had was trying to figure out the speed limits....110 km/h made no sense to us and the American made Harley. If we were in my car, we would not have had a problem.
Hope is a beautiful little area on the Fraser River. Apparently a Rambo movie, First Blood, was filmed here and there is a special tour that you can take to see all the spots from the film!
We made great time and pulled into the Colonial 900 Motel where we were greeted by Madonna, a 70 - 80 ish yr old lovely lady cleaning the rooms and generally being in charge until the owner got back. She was a delight, and managed to give me her life story as she asked me to help her carry the vacuum back to the office for her.
We have ended the evening having dinner at the Olympic Flame Greek Restaurant next to the Motel. The food was great and the belly dancers were fun...however there were only 3 tables filled and it was a bit awkward!
We're on our way to Prince George in the morning.
