September 18, 2023 Day 4 Bellingham Washington to Victoria Canada 101 miles
No flat tire today. A fuse had blown in the 6 to 12 volt inverter so Rob fixed that. Now his phone with the GPS will stay charged. The first order of business is to fill with gas. A Costco is nearby so we headed there. Obviously the cheapest gas in town because they had thirty pumps and the lines were four cars deep. The price was $4.499 per gallon.
The border crossing was simple enough. Not many questions. So off down the road to the ferry. We arrived about 12:45. A ferry was supposed to sail at 1:00. Our reservation was for 3:00. They asked if we would like to go on the 1:00 pm sailing. We said yes. Much better than waiting another couple of hours. At least three other Model A’s were in line waiting to board. We didn’t wait long and loaded on the bottom level with the big rigs. The trip was smooth and uneventful.
The traffic from the ferry to the hotel was significant. Except for the road signs you would think we were in Seattle. It was like the 405 parking lot for awhile. When we arrived at the hotel quite a few other cars were already here. The hotel reserved their back parking lot for our cars.
We took our box of potatoes to the raffle desk and checked in. The crowd looks all of retirement age. Not too surprising. By the registration numbers there must be about sixty cars ready for the tour.
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