6-28-06 Final leg home

Mt. Sheep at Spences Bridge

Blue wildflowers blowing in the wind.
US Border crossing - almost home




6-28-06
Left Spences Bridge at 5:30, but we had no brake lights. Didn't want to wake up the whole park so drove out about a mile where we could stop off the road. Harold started switches fuses since we didn't have the right one for the one that blew. We finally had brake lights, but once again no turn signals. Where we stopped there was a group of about 12 mountain sheep almost on the road.
The stretch is a beautiful drive along the Fraser River. At times both the river and our road became rather narrow. Again there were many freight trucks, but the construction people were not on the job yet so we didn't have that slow down. We have been to the gorge north of Hope where they have the tram that takes you across the river so didn't stop there. Besides it was about 7 am and they were not open yet.
We passed Minter Gardens which is advertised as 32 acres of flower gardens second only to Buchart Gardens on Vancouver Island. We will save that for a picnic trip one day. As we approached the border I was worried that I wouldn't get my moose antlers across the border, but they didn't seem to be interested in anything we didn't get in Canada so we breezed right on through.
We stopped at Baker Cookies in Bellingham because 2 dozen of the cookies I had bought on the way north had molded. They gave me two more dozen as they had some problems with that batch also. Stopped in Burlington to wash the truck and trailer one more time, emptied the holding tank in Anacortes and were home by 12:15.
I told Harold I really like our little 20 foot trailer, but I LOVE our home. It felt so BIG and cool when we walked in. Sheila is glad to have her back yard to patrol also.
As soon as we got the truck and trailer unloaded, Sheila and I got in the shower. There was no hot water since we had turned off the heater when we left. I told Sheila we had to get out so she stepped out then right back in. I had her get out again then I got out and closed the door. She just leaned up against the shower door and hung her head. When the water was hot she came running for her shower and afterwards she ran through the house as frisky as a puppy.