Point Roberts - Washington’s Pene-Exclave

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Point Roberts - Washington’s Pene-Exclave

David found Lighthouse Marine Park, our Point Roberts’ campground, by accident. Once we crossed the border into British Columbia, we were looking for a place to light for a couple of days. The Walmart in Delta allows overnight parking and there were a couple of commercial RV parks, but the campground he found at the tip of the Tsawwassen peninsula overlooking the Salish Sea looked most promising and interesting. It was only after scratching our heads and trying to figure out why the camp fees were 30US dollars/night, that we had an epiphany. Duh… could Point Roberts possibly be in the USA? Why yes, it could be and surprisingly it was!

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Olympic National Park & Into Canada

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Olympic National Park & Into Canada

Just before crossing the US-Canadian border in Blaine, Washington, we stopped at the Peace Arch Historical State Park. The park ‘celebrates the unguarded US/Canada border that stretches from the Strait of Juan de Fuca (right here) to the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia’.

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Back in Ontario

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Back in Ontario

We’re back in Ontario Canada again. If you’ll remember, the western section of The Great Northern Auto route, US-2, ended abruptly in St. Ignace Michigan. The Great Lakes got in the way. The eastern section of US-2 resumes in upstate New York and the quickest, most interesting way to get there is through Ontario. So here we are again in Ontario… déjà vu all over again.

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