Next stop is Vancouver

It was a grey and slightly damp morning that we left the Hotel in Seattle and headed North on the highway to  Vancouver. Its is about 200 miles from one Hotel to the other and as we did not know how long it would take at the border crossing we planned a technical stop about 60 miles from Vancouver in Bellingham, which is a small town not far from the US/Canada border.
We have used Whole Foods shops in the past as they have excellent quality food and make great sandwiches to order and so we arrived in Bellingham at about 12.30 and the sun had come out and so we ordered our lunch and then sat outside in the warm weather.  At the check-out process the young lady manning the tills was being chatt

y, they like to hear the English accent, and the usual, How you guys doin’ today?? to which I answered great Thankyou, she then followed this so where are you guys from and where are you going to which answered UK and Vancouver, lovely she said, so I asked her if she had been to Vancouver to which she replied NO which I thought was strange as it not far away.
We continued out drive North and got to the Canadian Border and presented our passports etc and the immigration lady also wanted to know where we were from and where were we going and we gave her the correct answers and then she wanted to chat a little which is strange as there were quite a few cars waiting to cross, oh well it her way of checking us I guess. We continued in to the outskirts of Vancouver and we are staying at the HiltonMetrodome which is about 20 minutes from the main down town area but hotel prices are half the price and although we were about an hour earlier than check in they were able to pus us in a room right away which was really good. So after unpacking and a cuppa Noel did his blog and photos up to date and Jennifer had a rest.

Atlas Steak and Fish Restaurant

We had planned a steak dinner tonight and there were three good and recommended steak houses in our area and the first two were full p or you could get a table at 16.30 on 21.00 neither of which timing suited us and then the last one , which was also the most expensive, could fit us in a at 18.30 and so we went to the ATLAS Steak and Fish restaurant which was about ten minutes cab ride away. The environment was very nice and waiting and staff were falling over themselves to ensure we had the food we wanted and that Noel had no Garlic or Onions etc although they did not follow the requirement of no butter on the steak which came back to haunt me at 01.30 the next morning, not good but the food was excellent and Noel started with some prawns which really first class.
The back to the Hotel for a nights kip. For tomorrow we would decide in the morning if we want to drive out to Whistler Mountain which is about 2.5 hours each way  and it would depend on the weather and we would make a decision in the morning