Friday July 30th 2010 Bellingham to Home

Miles ridden today =  66.5
Total miles for the whole trip = 11,123 miles
A beautiful sunrise, and it looked like another great weather day. However, after about 30 minutes or so we ran into fog, and it was with us all the way into Bellingham, and part of the way home down I5. Still it was dry. No problems getting off the ferry, gassed up and headed the 70 odd miles to home. Trip over, just like that. It seems years ago I was riding the 4 Corners.

Sunrise:

Through the San Juan Islands:

Arriving in Bellingham:

The ferry journey was really something to be experienced, and we were so lucky with the weather. The best scenery was the first 3 days, yesterday became rather blah, and cabin fever set in. It really is like a mini cruise, and people are very friendly, like a little community. I am glad I took it, although I would recommend doing it northbound to save having to try to schedule around the southbound departure.

I didn’t achieve everything I set out to do, I ran out of time, really creating this myself due to the southbound ferry departure booking. The starting issues didn't help. I didn’t ride as much of Alaska as I had hoped, but it means I have to do it again. I’ll put a blog up later of lessons learned for the Phase 3 part of my ride.

As a matter of interest, the number of States I travelled through was 30, Provinces 6


States in order:
Washington       Georgia                New Hampshire
Oregon             South Carolina      Maine (end of 4 Corners)
California          North Carolina      Michigan (start of phase 3)
Arizona             Virginia                 Indiana
New Mexico     Maryland              Illinois
Texas                Pennsylvania         Wisconsin
Louisiana           New Jersey           Minnesota
Mississippi        New York            North Dakota
Alabama           Connecticut          Montana
Florida              Massachusetts      Alaska

Provinces
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon

So to those who have been following my ride, I hope you enjoyed the journey along with me. I have many photos to upload, and I'll do that later.

Be safe.