Are we there yet?

5.29.2024
The next leg of the trip was arduous. I forgot to take Seattle Traffic into consideration.

But let’s start at 7am, when the Hi-Lo Cafe opened:

Wanted to liberate this mug!

Time to get going!

Driving, driving, driving.

Trucks, trucks, trucks.

Northbound I-5, Oregon. Been here SO many times.

Overcast and rain sprinkles.

Made it through Portland, traffic not too bad.

 
Maintained 55mph through Olympia and Tacoma (potential speed traps and don’t drive in the far left lane!)

And then, Seattle

It took me an hour to escape. Torture.

I was dropping off art to Sue and Ying. They fed me dinner! Thai! Yum!

It was getting late. I still had 1.5 hours estimated traveling time to cross over into Canada and get to the motel in Hope, BC.

Thank goodness for northern sunsets at 9pm.

There was only a glimmer of twilight when I crossed the border at Sumas.
Easy crossing.

 
And then the clouds rolled in, and it got darker than dark.
And then it started raining.
And there were a lot of trucks! Spewing water as they passed me!
And I could barely see the highway markings!
I wasn’t falling asleep, but it was very stressful.

Finally, at 10pm, I arrived in Hope.

Day 2 complete. 699 miles, 13.5 hours.

Every week, I’ll go into detail about each day of my recent road trip [except some of the 8 days in upstate NY].
While you wait for next week’s Day 3 installment - Hope to Cranbrook, BC - get previews on FindPenguins.