Day 32 - Billingham, Washington to Colville, Washington

The highway sign pointing the fellows towards the third corner!
This is it, Blaine, Washington! A very quaint little town.
4 Guys reach the third corner! Mike, Fred, Stu and Ron holding the Road Hogs Motorcycle and Motorcoach flag at the Peace Arch Park. The Peace Arch Park is a 50 acre park marking the border between the United States and Canada. Canada and the United States care for each half of the park. After the experience at the second corner in San Diego, the boys said this third corner was really cool.
The sign on the United States side welcomes visitors to the Peace Arch State Park. The guys only saw one United States Border Patrol vehicle at the border park. Quite a difference from the amount of border patrol presence at the U.S./Mexico border!

This sign welcomes visitors to the Canadian, British Columbia side of the Peace Arch Park.

The Peace Arch with the American and Canadian flags flying. A sign on the arch reads, "Let these gates never be closed."

The American flag depicted in flowers.

The Canadian flag made entirely of flowers.

Mike, standing in Canada, and Fred in the United States, imitate the friendly relationship between the two countries with a hearty handshake.

Ron stands by the United States concrete marker.

Stu's bike points east, the new direction the boys will take. Ron's bike points north, the direction the guys have been traveling up the west coast. This is the official passing of the GPS. Stu will lead the group across the top of the United States and Canada.

As the guys continued on their journey heading east, they crossed the Cascade Mountain Range into the Cascades National Park. The elevation in the park on the Washington Pass was 5,477 feet. The temperatures read on the bikes varied between 32 and 35 degrees. Ron said, "we wore everything we had with us. We were freezing our asses off!"

The dam on the Columbia River within the Cascades National Park.

The dammed river created Ross Lake.

Lunch stop, Winthrop, Washington. This little town was decked out in wooden sidewalks, buildings with old west style facades and cute little shops.

After lunch, the guys forged on through the Sherman Pass. Crossing the White Mountains they were at 5,587 feet elevation. It wasn't much warmer after lunch!

The boys knocked down 365 miles before stopping in Colville, Washington. Sounds like they definitely earned that hot shower today.
Happy Fourth of July guys! You were indeed missed today by all your families.