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| From Rosedale to Bellingham |
Then we walked up to the campground restaurant, Country Kitchen, to eat breakfast. Mike had pancakes and sausage and I had eggs with bacon and sausage and toast for $17 - a very good breakfast.
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We went back to the RV and took our time getting ready to leave the campground. Check-out is at noon and we only have about 55 miles to drive today, so it was 11:15 when we left Camperland RV Resort.
We stopped at the Shell station just down the road to get gas in the RV. We got 209.01 liters at $1.269 a liter (55.231 gal at $4.886 a gal). I reminded Mike that we were only a few miles from the Canada/US border and we should wait to get gas there – but he wanted to get gas before we got on the road.
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We drove through Abbotsford where the houses and apartments were built up on the surrounding hills.
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We reached the Canadian/U.S. border at 12:20 and there were only a few cars ahead of us.
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After answering the standard questions at U.S. customs, we were on our way south to Bellingham.
A few minutes after crossing the border into Washington, we passed this USA gas station where regular gas was $3.779 a gallon and we paid $4.886 a gallon in Rosedale! Did I say "I told you so" - Noooo, but there was definite clinching of teeth to keep from saying it. I figure Mike can beat himself up enough for not waiting to buy gas without me saying it.
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We passed by a car dealer in Lynden where we saw this colorful truck parked on the lot.
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We also saw these vintage cars
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and this ‘71 Willys Jeepster.
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We drove south on SR-539 and stopped at the Safeway in Lynden at 12:45 to buy some groceries and we had lunch while we were parked there.
After lunch we drove south on SR-539 to I-5 South to the Wal-Mart in Bellingham where we’re spending the night.
We arrived at Wal-Mart at 2:00 and were surprised to see how many RVs were already parked there. We found a place to park the RV and unhitched the Vue. Then we went into Wal-Mart (not a Supercenter) and did a little shopping.
Mike drove the car over to a car wash across from Wal-Mart to wash the road grime off before we went to dinner.
There is a Taco Time near the Wal-Mart and we drove over there for dinner tonight. Rena at the Watson Lake Visitor Center told me that Taco Time was so much better than Taco Bell and we decided to try it tonight. We don’t eat often at Taco Bell, so I really couldn’t tell much difference.
As the afternoon and evening progressed more and more RVs came in to spend the night at Wal-Mart. There must be at least 25 RVs here and a few of the ones near us look like they have been living here for a while.
Mike talked with a couple who are near us that are from British Columbia and they drive down to Bellingham every few months to go shopping. They had come down and bought a stove among other things. They said they save a lot of money coming down here where the taxes aren’t as high as in Canada.
Tomorrow we are driving north up to Ferndale where we’ll be staying for 5 days and getting new tires on the RV.
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