Got off work early today on the sunniest day of spring so far so I took a meandering ride against headwinds across Sumas Prairie (actually a formerly drained shallow lake turned into farm land) and up the Columbia Valley into the Cascade foothills. 106km's return trip in 5.5 hours. The terminus was the CAN/US border which happens to also be the longest undefended border in the world.

Here's a pic of the border marker with Iverson Rd. on the CAN side in the background. Beyond it is a cut line marking the 49th parallel.



This shot looks south into the US. If you could head south and veered left a bit you would soon hit Mt. Baker, one of a series of Volcanic peaks along the Pacific Coast with Rainer, St Helen's, Mazama (Crater Lake) and Shasta.