April 24, 2019
Day 37: Seattle to Victoria
The flight into Seattle was chosen mainly because of the low cost of the Condor ticket from Frankfurt. It also gave a chance for a brief family visit. But the drawback was in the question of how to then get from Seattle to Victoria. Air flights are ridiculously expensive, and would have wiped out the benefit of flying into Seattle in the first place. The same is true of the fast downtown to downtown ferry. So that left the ferry that crosses the San Juan Islands, travelling from Anacortes, Washington to Sidney, on Vancouver Island.
Laurie drove us up to Anacortes, a 300 km return trip for her that we certainly would not want to make a habit of. The trip through the islands is very scenic, to be sure. And the Islands include Lopez, which unlike the others, lacks hills, and could be excellent for a bike adventure with grandkids.
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At the landing in Sidney, the Canadian customs and immigration officer asked us where we had been and for how long. Then it was just "Welcome Home". The welcome was continued as our good friend Marvin Paxman was waiting at the exit, to whisk us back to the farm, effectively bring the odyssey to a close.
Stay tuned, though, for our usual round of statistics and afterthoughts, coming soon.
A special thank you goes out to all those who wished us well during the trip and after its abrupt end. It really helps to have that support.
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