The ride today was uneventful as far as car issues go. We awoke to windy but sunny conditions. We drove down Canada Highway 1 South. You know it is windy when you are going down a 6% slope and you are having to accelerate! We stopped at a particularly scenic rest area and a man said something to Ray & I about Peachtree City. We of course talked to him and his wife. It turns out that it was Bill & Lynne Jacobs. Lynn is the sister of Bob Smith from the Peachtree City Running Club that Ray & I are members of. They were looking for us because Bob had told them about our trip. In fact, they saw us go by several days ago when we were in Whittier AK. Bill had passed us several miles earlier. They were ready with a tripod & camera to take our picture as we went by. It was a bonus when we unexpectedly stopped.
We followed the Thompson River for a while today. It is very scenic, with white water rushing along and train tracks on both sides. We also crossed over Jackass mountain today. It was extremely windy and included 7 tunnels. I thought the name was interesting. We ate lunch in Hope, BC. They had a lot of chainsaw carvings in this little town. Crossing the border was easy. It just took a few minutes mainly because there was a line. Tonight we are in Everett, Washington, about 20 miles north of Seattle.
Today when we checked into the Hotel we noticed a gentleman behind us waiting. When Ray walked out the man followed him. He was another car guy. His name is Jim Hendry and was driving a Model A Phaeton Replicar. It is his daily driver rain or shine and has had it for quite a few years. He is a local attorney, he reminded Ray of our own local banker/lawyer.
Tomorrow we plan to do some site seeing. I think our total mileage is a little under 8,500 miles.
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