Oh, Canada ...

Today, Mom woke up early an' took a lonngggg drive up the I-5 to visit the "Great White North" ... It took her about two hours to drive from Seattle up to Blaine, Washington ... an' then about fifteen minutes to pass through customs into Canada.

Mom was furry disappointed that her new passport just got scanned an' no stamps were made on the flawless pages. She had to resist making sarcastic and/or quippy responses to the Mountie's questions 'cuz she KNOWS that Homeland Security agents have had their senses of humor surgically removed.

After passing through into Canada, she drove on the 91 freeway and ended up right where she started ... How baffling! Canada is a circle in the Vancouver area?

Anyway, she got on something called the King George Highway an' went to White Rock, B.C., to spend the afternoon at the beach. She bought some t-shirts an' post cards from a very nice Chinese-Canadian shop keeper, took a walk on the pier, took photos of the "white rock", and wrote out her post cards. The shop keeper gave her very good directions to a drug store where there was a post office so that she could buy some stamps and mail her post cards ...

Then came a TWO HOUR wait to get back into the U.S. ... Yes, two hours.

Over all, it was a very lovely trip. It's not called "Beautiful British Columbia" for nothing.

DMM

PeeSss: As soon as she returns, Mom will post her photos.

What did you do, Mom?

Mom an' Auntie Toni went to watch "Get Smart" an' then had dinner at Bahama Breeze where Mom ate a Cuban sandwich. She said that the movie was cute an' silly ... an' that I would have loved nibblin' on the Cuban sandwich 'cuz I love sammiches!

Mom'll be home in one week!

Last night, Mom went to XXX Rootbeer restaurant in Issaquah with her auntie an' Uncle Jer. She had furry yummy rootbeer in a frosty mug an' a delicious burger named after a car. A side benefit was horrible onion breath.

Today it's Thursday, so Mom will be home a week from today an' I cannot wait to snuggle with her 'cuz I've missed her a whole bunch.

She told me that today she was gonna drive down to Lacey to eat lunch at Ruby Tuesday ('cuz that place doesn't exist in our market) an' then she'd get a mani-pedi. The traffic wasn't furry bad, so she made good time on the freeway through Federal Way, Tacoma, an' Nisqually (where our great-grandparents used to live). She had lunch an' then headed back to Seattle after a quick stop at the Wal*Mart for juice an' water ... an' to look for rosemary an' parsley for our auntie (they didn't have any left).

When she got back toward Seattle, she stopped at a nail salon near some big shopping mall by a PetSmart. She got her toes painted purple an' her hands painted pink (sounds furry odd to me), then she went to PetSmart to buy two lids for Ben an' Lucy's canned foods.

Target was her next stop for the rosemary an' parsley, but this Target didn't have a garden center, so she was outta luck again.

Tomorrow, she might drive up to Victoria, BC for a little look-see ... an' to get a stamp on her passport.

On the weekend, she'll be driving down south to visit with Zoey, the Fur Balls, an' Cha-Ching ... It's supposed to get furry, furry hot there ... Mom was hopin' for some rain.

Gotta go ...

Stay tuned for the next postcard from our momma ...

DMM an' the Feline Americans