Bright and early on Tuesday, July 9, we left the caravaners in Cochrane and headed west, on our own…

We retraced our path through Banff and Jasper, continuing on generally west… We drove through these beautiful mountain vistas…

We parked in Revelstoke, in a hot-springs RV “resort”… It’s a relatively primitive area…

We spent the night, enjoying a quiet evening…

10 Wednesday we continued on. We are not being tourists – we’re travelers with a destination…

We did enjoy views of this lake as we continued towards the southwest…

After a relatively harrowing drive down highway 5, we stopped for the night in Hope, BC…

It took us a while to find the very friendly host, and we found our campsite. Not to cast aspersions, but this place had the feel of the Bates Motel of RV parks…

Bright and early on Thursday, July 11, we broke camp, fueled up, and headed south to the border…

We had a 30 minute wait, with only one gate open, but soon we were driving through Sumas, WA.

After Sumas, we found ourselves in the Dutch community of Lyndon, WA.

We continued south, skirting Bellingham, and onto Whidbey Island. We dropped the Airstream at a “Airstream Courtesy Parking” spot in Oak Harbor, and continued south to Langley. We soon were at our friends’ house…

This is the waterfront house of David and Kim Smith. They are both architects, and lived until a few years ago in Laguna Beach, CA. I’ve worked with David on and off since 1974…

We settled into our luxury guest suite. We will spend 3 nights here…

An enjoyable time was had by all…