Trip to Vancouver & Seattle - Day 6

On Thursday, we were heading back to Seattle. We said goodbye to Mary, our Irish friend, and wished her good luck, and then headed to the border. We crossed at the Peace Arch at Blaine Washington. Crossing was no problem, except there was a 50 minute wait! People were jumping out of their cars while in line to take pictures of the Peace Arch, so Gordon did too! We stopped for lunch somewhere in Washington, and also stopped at a town called Mount Vernon so that Aisling could swim in the Skagit River. The Skagit River, which I think gets a fair amount of glacier runoff, is way colder than the bay in Vancouver! We arrived in Seattle, fought the traffic, and then met our friends Bill & Lucia for dinner at a great Vietnamese restaurant called the Tamarind Tree in the Chinatown/International district. We would never have found it ourselves, and it was fabulous. Great food and especially great cocktails. After dinner, Bill and Lucia took us over to West Seattle so we could enjoy the sunset over the Seattle skyline. It was fabulous, just beautiful. The view of the skyline and Mt. Rainier was just incredible, although because it has been unusually warm in Seattle, it was a little smoggy. We also saw ferries, party boats and a fleet of kayaks coming back in. We then headed back to our slightly lame hotel near the airport. Not nearly as much character as the Met!!