We were on our way to Alaska! (Or so we thought.) Our first leg was to get just south of the border with Canada.

We drove our coach 206 miles, about four hours of driving, from our home base near Shelton to Lynden / Bellingham KOA in Lynden, Washington.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Oakland Bay near Shelton:

Joining I-5 North:

Tacoma Dome:

Rest area with RV dump stations:

Rest area… with a clueless car and a van in the truck parking:

Lunch:

Seattle skyline:

T-Mobile Park, home of our Seattle Mariners, with a closed roof:

Heavy traffic:

Tunnel under convention center:

Zuck’s megayacht:

Rest area:

I-5 bridge over Skagit River:

Almost a collision:

Arriving at Lynden / Bellingham KOA:

Narrow driveway:

Our site, #6:

The site was so short, we had to park our truck over by the office (I think the first time we ever had to do that):