Our buddy, Paul, picked us up at our hotel in Whitby today and took us on an whirlwind tour through downtown Old Toronto (I think that’s what it’s called). Why the quick tour? We had to get through Toronto to get to his home in Brampton, where we met his fiancée, her son and their new dog. Paul did a bang up job of the tour and took us to the spots we absolutely needed to see. As we drove into town, we saw the CN Tower (we’ll be visiting it up close on Monday.)
Next up, we drove down Gerard Street very close to the street cars to get a great photoshoot I’ll save for tomorrow. But in the meantime, we were this close to the street cars:
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We got up really early this morning – at 5:30 – and hit the road about an hour later. It wasn’t too tough to get out of our cozy bed after the big storm last night because we were on our way to the United States. Rather than going to LaConner, I decided we should go to Roozengaarde in Mount Vernon. Just a side note – good going Roozengaarde for getting “tulips.com”. Excellent scoop on that domain name. They either snagged that early on or paid big bucks for it.
At our stop at the Border Crossing into the US, the guard was friendly.
US Border Guard looking at our passports: Where are you going today?
Me: To the Tulip Festival in Mt. Vernon!
US Border Guard: Oh no, Mike! How did she convince you to do that?
The border crossing at 7:00 am was about 45 minutes. Not bad – especially compared to yesterday.
We only had to drive about an hour past the border and into the countryside of Washington State. The weather was totally unstable – we hit rain, then hail, then overcast skies during that drive. I just hoped that we’d be able to get a break in the rain so we could take photos without having to haul out the umbrella or spend hours in the car waiting for it to stop raining.
Once we got to the display garden (with the windmill) the rain had passed for the time being and we all got our photos on:
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