Day Nineteen

This morning we left Vancouver after Lana had given us a huge breakfast and then sent us off with homemade muffins and cheese tea biscuits that were delicious. It was about nine-fifteen when we left and there was supposed to be a fifty minute wait at the border but it turned out to be only 35. It was interesting to watch two border guards with mirrors and detectors search a van in the next row and then a few minutes later two male and one female border people came and checked his license, etc. They didn't find anything and nothing about the van which was an older style looked suspicious to us. I did notice he was the only black man I could see in the lineup!

It rained off and on all day, more on than off until we got near Portland where it turned into a beautiful sunny day. There were so many traffic slowdowns all day it was like being on 401. A few fender benders caused most of the delays. We left the highway to get gas and something to eat and while we were at the gas station a girl was handcuffed and taken away in a police cruiser. We don't know what she did but she looked quite subdued and average and seemed to be by herself. The policeman handcuffed her hands behind her back and she seemed okay with being taken away in the police cruiser.

We found a motel with wifi so I can catch up a little with what is going on in the world. Tomorrow we are going to take a quick look around the area and see if we can find the death notice of great Uncle Cecil at the library. We have so much info about his grandchildren but not their last names and figure if we could find an obit it would have his daughter's married name. It would be nice if we could add the surname to the family tree.

The fall colours are beautiful but not so many reds as in Ontario. The vegetation along the highway was so lush and plentiful today. The cement walls along the sides of the highway are all covered with vines and ivies and look so pretty. The cement walls seem to be roughly grooved so the vegetation can grab hold and stay. We don't know if it requires attention or just grows to look so perfect.