Thursday, April 23, 2009

Saturday, April 18 (Jarrell Cove SP (OR) - Larrabee SP (WA))

Woke up and decided to see Seattle on my way to the border. I drove up the west side of Puget Sound and grabbed a Ferry out of Bremmerton (too bad, as a good friend of mine just moved from Bremmerton to Korea about a month ago). The ferry ride was great, and dropped me off right in downtown Seattle. I grant you that I didn't do all the touristy things and see the city in its entirety, but I wasn't blown away. The city seemed a lot like Chicago, with an ocean nearby. Like I said, first impression from a drive-by, so I'm open to other opinions.





One of Becca's friends had told me to try Than Brothers for some good vietnamese food. I took him at his word and had some great Pho. Not sure why, but Vietnamese has been a recurring theme on the trip.

I stopped at a few places to pick up supplies (water filter, more freeze-dried food (I really kind of like the stuff) and so decided to make a run for the border first thing in the morning, rather than trying at the end of the day. I figured it would be breeze (after all, it's Canada) but there was a bit of a wait.

People in the Northwest like to put racing stripes on unlikely cars. They also have an infuriating habit of driving the speed limit.


Larrabee State park proved a good place to crash, although the showers were f'n freezing!

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