British Columbia, Canada, part 1 of 7

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

We spent two weeks in only a day and a half, visiting RV friends we met in Mesa, AZ at their summer place, where they volunteer at a Christian camp.  Taking a leaf from our pastor's notebook, this post will become a seven part series.  Thanks Van Houser for the inspiration!

We had heard multiple horror stories about crossing the border with a RV, so we chose to leave it behind, pack an overnight bag, and go.  So with Dusty driver-in-command, Tic frantically shooting photos thru the windshield, these are some of the non-blurred offerings.

 Sumas is a small town pretty much split by the border.  I wonder if children who are neighbors have to do a border check to play together?

 It is straight head for us, to get to Canada's checkpoint.

 U.S. Border patrol.  Reminds us of when we were near the Mexican border.

 The photo of the checkpoint was blurry, probably gov't interference, but as you can see, we are now in British Columbia, arguably the most beautiful of all the Canadian provinces.

 And in only a few kilometers,we come to Abbotsford.  This is where our friends lived before going full-time in their RV.

 This is good information to have, as forest fires and landslides are always a possibility.  Learn before you go, heh!

 We quickly noticed that everything had gone metric.  Fortunately, our GPS made the transition seamless, showing speeds and distance in kilometers.  Only 41 kilometers to go.

The customs crossing turned out to be no big deal, but then, we had in advance, prepared well.  Part 2 will show our destination.