The School – Everett WA

June 18, 2022

This morning I was up quite early as my room faced the street and there was a lot of noise coming into the room.  I knew that there was no rush heading down to the school where the tour is meeting but Fran who was driving Barry and I down had to drive back to Kelowna tonight so she was keen to get going.   The hotel didn’t have a breakfast but gave you a $5 coupon which was good at the Tin Hortons which was right beside the hotel.  You don’t get a full breakfast for $5 at Tim Hortons but it was a better breakfast than most hotel breakfasts.

It was only about 5 miles down to the border from our hotel and there was no line up at the border.  A few quick questions and we were on our way.  From the hotel down to the school it was 135 kms.  So it was a couple of hours drive.  We stopped for gas  and at an ATM to get some US cash. 

We arrived at the school and were the first ones. There was a steady rain coming down which had soaked everything.  I walked around the school which has a really large yard to scout tenting sites.  The yard consisted on several baseball diamonds all of which were quite muddy. The outfield of the baseball diamonds all had about 4 inch deep grass which was soaking wet.  I finally settled on a spot under a couple of large spruce trees on the far side of the parking lot. Once again I am camped by myself.  

 It has been really interesting watching all the riders arrive.  There are lots of familiar faces and lots of new faces as well.  Surprisingly there are only 14 sectional riders this week. 

Tomorrow is the first ride day. 

Terry