back in the states

last time we left our beloved traveler he was stuck in line trying to cross the border into the united states...and now the rest of the story...

i finally crossed the border a whole lot easier than crossing into canada.

after i got into the states i traveled to the nearest and largest town...bellingham. i got there and went to the nearest information center to ask for the nearest camera shop (since my camera went out in canada) and where there was free wifi. i end up going to karl's cameras in the mall and they said that it would be 170 to send it off and fix it, and a couple of weeks...new plan...i head to best buy. i get there to check out camera's to see if there were any inexpensive ones i might get...no such luck. so i end up heading downtown to the bookstore to get wifi to check out my next leg of the journey...and camera's.

i end up getting there and figure that i might call my good friend brett and see if i end up heading his way that night or if another night would be better. turns out it was cool for me to head that way that day. so ... i say sweet...get to see the old roomie.

so i ride the bike a bit, the combination of downtown and the beautiful day just did it for me. so after the quick ride, i put er up and head towards lakewood. i decided to head down on highway 11 cause it was right at the bay, and i hadnt seen much of the west coast...so i figure that it would be a great thing for me to do.

well, i head down that way...absolutely beautiful. i ended up stopping again and pulling the bike off and riding down some hills, dirt biking and checkin out the bay. it was cool, and i would have done it a bit longer...but i was anxious to see the good friend brett. so i head down the rest of 11 (which was half by the bay and foresty and half plains and straight).

i drive 5 all the way down to lakewood. 5 goes through seattle and tacoma, and on to lakewood.