In and Out of Canada

Living close to the Candian border has so many super benefits.  We explored another one today:  Point Roberts.  What's really odd about Point Roberts is that it's actually in the U.S., but you have to go through Canada to get there.  Sounds like a bit of a rigamarole, right?  But not if you have NEXUS passes! 
Wikipedia describes it as "A geopolitical oddity, Point Roberts is a part of the United States that is not physically connected to it, making it an exclave of the U.S. It is located on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, south of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, and can be reached from the rest of the United States only by traveling through Canada or crossing Boundary Bay by sea or air."  The area is really quite nice but what I really wanted to see was this:

I've read quite a few really good reviews of this park -- it is supposed to be a nice place to walk, whale watch, fly kites, picnic.  As it turns out, they were right!  We did all of those things, and lots of exploring and playing.

The whole park is a photographer's dream.  Everywhere you look, spectacular scenery galore.

I think I took about 60 pictures.

Promise not to include them all.  :)

This was neat... HUGE old anchors and a sun dial made a neat sculpture.

Even though I am still battling a chest cold, it felt good to be outside...

And to spend time with family.

Our kite was really not quite big enough to handle the big winds that come around the point.

But there was plenty of water,

rocks...

and sand with which to play.

(and nap on).

It's looking like more good times ahead as the weather continues to improve.  Then maybe we won't need to look quite so much like Abominable Snowmen at the beach.

Here's to the sun!