Rodeway Inn Bellingham

That is my first job in Vancouver and I am still emloyed to the end of October and then I will be layed off, because there are not that many people who want to rent a motorhome in the middle of the wintertime;-)<br>Soooooo, Kohle is looking for a new job=)<br>

... we took our final drive through the town of Vancouver. It's really a beautiful city - the traffic today confirmed that it's a busy city as well. We decided to make the Seattle area our next stop, and found a hotel not too far north of the city. We'll make our rough plans tonight for the next couple of days. If we can find a workable Wi-Fi at our stop tomorrow, we'll update our site.<br>Love to all, Rick and Linda<br> <br><br> 

... systems are in place. Stupid to make estimates like this because they are always wrong. For some reason it makes me feel better than the unknown seemingly endless stream of jobs I'd have if I didn't make a list. Possibly get a sounder tomorrow, though I can't afford it. These jobs are incredibly satisfying just because they are getting knocked off the list and there are very few left (in comparasin anyhow)..

Last year, several of my family members moved from New Hampshire to Northwestern Washington. This Labor Day weekend we made our second trip to visit to visit them in their new hometown. The northern seacoast of Washington is beautiful and Bellingham is a very charming and friendly town to visit. The downtown are is fun to walk around and ...

... FINALLY got to Bellingham this afternoon, rested a while, then headed up a highway due north to Lynden, a small town which is only a few miles from the Canadian border. Lynden's early settlers included some Dutch families, and their new AND old architecture reflects that - plus we saw a lot of Dutch names on the signs of attorney's offices, etc. Most of downtown Lynden, which was very charming, rolled up the sidewalks at 5, but some locals ...

... killed the engine and pulled the timing cover to look at the seal. Much to my surprise I could see light through the rusted metal of the cover. It looked like a piece of screen. it really was a lot like the sieve that was described to me. The man I bought it from had not lied. Sadly for him the only problem was the timing cover. it worked out well for us, though I did feel a little guilty. Me and a few other guys then lifted out the ...

... a dirty American city and Brisbane... yeah interesting and not in a good way! There are also coffee shops like Subway and Blenz ('the Canadian coffee shop') on every corner (even on opposite corners, how much coffee does a person need?!) and there are Canadian flags EVERYWHERE. I think they've got little America complex ("no we're not American, we're Canadian... see our flags!"). I head off to Whistler tomorrow so looking forward to that!

...Yo mientras trataré de borrar la estúpida sonrisa que orgullosa me acompaña.... HOOOOOOT CHIP FAN-TAS-TI-COOOOS, en verdad, me hicieron la noche, The Commodore Ballroom en Granville Street, imaginense el salón 21 pero con la decoración del Metropolitan, en verdad gran sitio, el concierto comenzó a las 9.20 Beach Party comenzo a sonar, 5 tipos, cajas de ritmos, 3 cantando, la gente timida ...

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." - Nelson Mandela Landing in Vancouver was beautiful. The mountains, the city landscape, the ocean, the trees. Homecoming was sweet for me. Dad picked me up at the airport and the first thing we did was get me a mushroom burger. It was nice to see Vancouver in its summer glory... and I must say that as far as big cities are concerned, minus the rain ...

... the other way round? Yep, last weekend my friend Wendel and I took the Greyhound up the Sea to Sky highway (so called because you go from the ocean to the mountains, or something) to Whistler-Blackcomb (so called because of the twin mountains, Whistler and er, Blackcomb) for the World Ski and Snowboard championships and festival. This exciting sounding event turned out to be somewhat of a letdown, as the big event we wanted to see on the Sunday (the snowboarding superpipe ...