Put another pin in the map

I decided to drive out to Cape Flattery, billed as the northwest corner of Washington. It would be the third corner of the contiguous states I’ve been to. Key West FL and Imperial Beach CA were the other two. I’ve also been to Blaine WA, which is farther north than Cape Flattery. And I’ve been a few miles from the southern tip of Texas. I doubt I’ll ever go to the far corner of Maine or that little blip at the top of Minnesota.

Wave to the Canadians out there somewhere

The road to Cape Flattery follows the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. (That’s fun to say. Juan de Fuca... Juan de Fuca...) Vancouver Island is across the way ten to eighteen miles. At least that’s what my geography lessons taught me. I couldn’t see it through the fog. Maybe only a ghost of it.

I was surprised, then not surprised to pass a Border Patrol truck. Oh, of course, they need to be on the watch for “fishermen” sneaking in.

When I got to Neah Bay I could see even thicker fog curling over and around the mountain that forms the cape. Should I make the fifteen mile round trip to the point only to see more fog, just so I can say I’d been there? Mmmmm, no. Close enough. Make your own joke about flattery and getting nowhere.