Seattle to Bellingham to Cache Creek

The idea for this blog is to provide the story of our journey to and within Alaska through visual representation. I would like to encourage you to visit Cole's blog, http://www.beirdman.blogspot.com/ for more details on our day-to-day experiences. I will be focusing more on the pictures and videos used to record this momentous journey.

On March 16th, we packed up our Subie, fondly known as 'Falcor the Luck Wagon', to the brim, plus multiple cargo boxes and tupperwears on the roof, and left Seattle.

After a fond farewell to family, friends, Deuce and Trip, we finally felt like we were ready to hit the road and see what was in store for us.

Our first stop was in the beautiful and far off city of Bellingham, WA. My brother, Kevin, lives there while he goes to school at Western WA University. Two nights posing as college students in Bellingham was wonderfully fun, and the snowboarding perfection was not dissappointing in the least. 9 feet of snow in the last week, including 24 inches in the last 24 hours, equalled powder perfection. It was truly the best day of boarding I personally had ever experienced. We (mostly me) did a lot of falling, getting stuck, and embarassing attempts at jumps. Here is a fantastic example of Cole's front flip (take 1):

We left Bellingham this morning to head towards the border crossing at Sumas. It was easy-peasy so that was lucky. There was truly no way that we could unpack that rediculous car and put it back in place in a way that would allow us to continue. This picture was taken on Highway 1 (or Route 1 in Canadian speak) shortly after crossing the border. Falcor barely broke a sweat.

Our lunch stop was at the Alexandra Bridge crossing over the Fraser River. The bridge we crossed was the second largest fixed arch bridge in the WORLD! Or perhaps North America, not sure but who cares. This bridge is not the bridge we drove on. This bridge is old and not safe to walk on. That's probably not true, we both walked on it, but it was scary. This bridge is the old Alexandra Bridge built in the 1920s and has been replaced. But it was truly a beautiful little hike.

The following picture is an example of some of the dangers of driving through Canada towards Alaska. Alaska is the 49th state, and Grizzly Bears live there.

This is for my head shot portfolio. I'm sure it will really come in handy while job searching in a state where rubber boot brands are the most important fashion statement.

We rolled into Cache Creek and though it was hard to pass up the Castle Inn Motel, we decided to stay in the luxurious Sundowner Inn, where we watched the Husky victory, and then wandered accross the street for the Cache Creek Pub's Rock Trivia Night. We got 3rd place and won an MGD beer bottle opener. It's very sturdy, and we're very proud.