We stayed around Chilliwack long enough to watch Jake and Taegan scrimmage with their soccer teams and then hopped in the car to drive home.
It's Saturday morning, the Canuck buck is at or above par with the US buck, and everybody is lined up at the southbound border crossings, causing delays up to 90 minutes.
Now that we have NEXUS, that's no problem for us. We just zipped all the way along Zero Avenue to the Truck Crossing, got into the NEXUS lane, and were through the border within 10 minutes.
We should have done it years ago.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.