Cross Country Trip (Day 15) – Point Roberts, WA

Destinations, Our Travels - 2016 Cross Country

Extremely Northwest

Yesterday was two weeks that we’ve been on the road, 4,004 miles ago! We’ve made it to our furthest point away from home; as far as you can go in the contiguous United States. We even had to get our passports out twice and cross through Canada and back to get here. We’re in Point Roberts, WA, a small (5 square mile) peninsula south of Vancouver.

Barb & Wayne's cottage in Point Roberts, overlooking Boundary Bay. It's been their family's vacation spot for over half a century.

Barb & Wayne's cottage in Point Roberts, overlooking Boundary Bay. It's been their family's vacation spot for over half a century.

Wayne telling Fay about the area.

Wayne telling Fay about the area.

It’s part of the mainland U.S., but not connected to it. Kids even ride the bus across the border into Canada, travel almost 25 miles, then cross the border again to get to school. Very interesting, and a really neat little community that feels like it hasn’t changed much over the last 50 years, even more so than my hometown of Grand Haven Michigan, which still has much of the identity it had when I was little.

Good friends of ours from Florida have a cottage here, and we have the pleasure of spending a few days with them. They grew up in the Vancouver area, and reunite each summer with old friends and family. It’s quite an honor to be welcomed into their life here!

Dinner with Wayne, Barb and a few others here at their cottage.

Dinner with Wayne, Barb and a few others here at their cottage.

We plan to explore some of the area here and around Vancouver for a few days. We’ve then decided to take a more northerly route and start back east and see some of British Columbia before going back into the United States.

May 21, 2016 - Point Roberts, Washington

Denny Johnson

Denny Johnson

After having spent most of our adult life in Orlando, my wife Fay and I moved to Knoxville, TN in 2020. We are loving the change of seasons and being near the mountains. Plus, this part of the country is loaded with great places to camp. 
 
We camped years ago with a pop-up camper, but got serious about it when we purchased our Casita in 2014. There was a lot to learn as we started traveling with it, and a lot of conflicting opinions on line. That's when I decided that creating a website would be a good retirement project. I started tinyTowable.com to share things we've learned along the way that have worked well for us in hopes that the information would be of help to others.
 
However, since moving to Tennessee, I've gotten involved with new hobbies (you can check some out on my personal website at https://www.softrite.com) and we haven't camped very much. So, at the end of 2023, I made the tough decision to stop updating this website.
 
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