Author: Dan

An in-between events kinda day, getting the car dropped off, a shuttle to the cruise ship port, and boarding. Shoving off at 4:00pm PST.

Alaska or bust!

Made one more visit to the waterfront for dinner, and stumbled into the first ever White Rock Night Market. There was live music, food trucks, local artist’s works, and what seemed like half the population of the Vancouver area, all having a great time. Quite the event, these will happen on the last Friday of the month through September.

Took a drive south and since we’re only five minutes from the border, went to see The Peace Arch. From its website: “The Peace Arch, the only international gateway ever erected in the interest of peace among nations, was constructed on the boundary between Blaine, Washington and Douglas, British Columbia. The Peace Arch was dedicated in 1921 by Washington businessman and philanthropist, Sam Hill, to celebrate the existing century of peace between two great nations, the United States and Canada.”

Side note: the Arch sits right on the international border. Once past the Arch, we were on U.S. soil. There’s a turn around before the U.S. Border Checkpoint, which we took, of course. Which means we then hit the Canada Border Checkpoint, without badging into the U.S. I guess we were a couple without a country for a few minutes.

Always have your passports with you when out and about in foreign lands, kids.