Friday came much too soon and it was time to leave for Vancouver.  We took the scenic  way back to Vancouver and avoided  the major freeway.  The plan was to eat dinner at a Mexican Restaurant in Bellingham and arrive in Vancouver around 9 PM.  Going to Vancouver via the freeway would have taken us between 2 1/2 and 3 hours depending on border traffic.  

On our way to the University  we stopped in the Freemont District.  John showed us the famous "Freemont Troll" hiding under the Aurora bridge, a 5.5 m high statue of a troll.

We walked around Freemont and came across this 1979 cast aluminium sculpture collection called "waiting for the Interurban".  The people and a dog  are waiting for public transportation.  

Ralph and John joined the wait.  People are encouraged to dress up the statutes to celebrate special events and submit their picures to the History House of Greater Seattle.  Hence the orange shirts.  

We had a quick drive to the University area, stopped for lunch at a beautful mall and then made our way towards Bellingham.  We stopped at a lake for a short walk.  I liked the purple feather on this duck.

We saw this old bridge in the distance so I asked John to stop so I could take a photo.  Now  you know why it always takes us so long to get anywhere!

As we were taking the photos, we were standing on  a very narrow bridge with very little space between us and the cars.  It probably was not the safest place to take the photo from but definitely the best place.

A view or rural  North Washington.

We arrived in Bellingham late in the day and drove to the beach to walk and take some photos.

This shot was taken from the other direction.  Not exactly a nice sandy beach.

Just as we were leaving we started to get some nice light.   After our walk we ended up going to a terrific Mexican restaurant for dinner.  Then homeward bound to Vancouver where I saw the most glorious sunset  of the trip.  Unfortunately there was no where to stop since we were in on the freeway heading towards the border.  The good news was there was no wait at the border and we were back in Vancouver soon after.