Victoria BC to Ritzville WA - 528km

Just arrived in Ritzville, WA, and it's 6:30pm..a little behind where we expected to be..heading for dinner and will update later tonight more with pics and the story behind our delays..Mike
We started out early this morning, leaving at 5:30..
We took the ferry over to Vancouver and headed for the border.. so the first delay happens at the border. You'll have to go inside the border guard says, stuffing our passports into a bag.. and I am thinking..it's that UK chap causing us to do this.. when the guard say.. there is a hit on you as a international criminal, so we have to do more checks! (oh no..not the cavity search!)... and of course your friend here needs paperwork filled out. Once inside they look at me and the description and simply say..here is your passport back.. now you (pointing at Rog) need to fill this out.. a few minutes later and we wewre off..with the border guards crowded aroubndthe car asking how fast it goes! We meet back up with Dave and Adrience in the Cooper S and head off to Bellis Fair mall to meet Terry and Linda...

Then we head off down the I5 cutting off on highway 2 and 203 to bypass Seattle..We have a great lunch in North Bend at Tweeters.. famous for having been used in the Twin Peaks TV show..

When we stopped in Ritzville for gas and lodging, a friendly young lady came up and asked where we were headed.. Winona I said..to which she replied..oh off the East Meets West are you.. obviously she was a mini owner, and yes she has two a classic and a new Mini. After a nice chat, she left, leaving behind a bag of freshly picked cherries for us to have on our trip. I forgot to ask for her name, but we would all like to thank her for stopping to talk and for her generosity!