Peace Arch

Day 5

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July 17th 2016
Day 5. Leaving Tsawwasen we negotiated Saturday morning Vancouver traffic & arrived at Eddie's shop in Surrey, picked up some new tyres to carry with us, Keith had the first service done on his bike and we were in the queue for the border crossing at Peace Arch by 11am. The whole process took around 1.5 hours with the customs officer (1 of about 30 all packing heat) giving us some great touris ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more