Into British Columbia
Friday, June 18th
We got up VERY early start today...getting up at 5:15 to pack take down the campsite at Fort Worden State Park and say goodbye to the Olsons. We had a great three day visit with Gene and Jo Ann. Gene and I worked together at Braniff Airlines in Dallas in the late 1970's and, once again, at Amtrak in Philadelphia in the mid 1980's.
We boarded the Washington State Ferry for the 30 minute crossing to Whidbey Island where I uploaded the previous blog update at Starbucks in Oak Harbor. We crossed over into British Columbia, stopped at a visitors center and bank in Abbottsford to exchange US for CDN $'s. Then we drove up the Fraser River Valley to Cache Creek, BC. The valley is simply majestic! The Canadian Pacific has a mainline on the west side and the Canadian National Railway has a mainline on the east side. For a railroad buff, it was great to play tag, over and under, with several very long freight trains. We stopped at Hells Gate to take an aerial tram across the river and down 500 feet to the "gate" where the river narrows to 100'. It was breathtaking!
We are in for the night in Cache Creek, BC.
We got up VERY early start today...getting up at 5:15 to pack take down the campsite at Fort Worden State Park and say goodbye to the Olsons. We had a great three day visit with Gene and Jo Ann. Gene and I worked together at Braniff Airlines in Dallas in the late 1970's and, once again, at Amtrak in Philadelphia in the mid 1980's.
We boarded the Washington State Ferry for the 30 minute crossing to Whidbey Island where I uploaded the previous blog update at Starbucks in Oak Harbor. We crossed over into British Columbia, stopped at a visitors center and bank in Abbottsford to exchange US for CDN $'s. Then we drove up the Fraser River Valley to Cache Creek, BC. The valley is simply majestic! The Canadian Pacific has a mainline on the west side and the Canadian National Railway has a mainline on the east side. For a railroad buff, it was great to play tag, over and under, with several very long freight trains. We stopped at Hells Gate to take an aerial tram across the river and down 500 feet to the "gate" where the river narrows to 100'. It was breathtaking!
We are in for the night in Cache Creek, BC.
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