[pct-l] Manning to Bellingham options

[Connie Davis]

Hitchhiking is technically illegal in BC, so don't put your thumb out in
front of a mountie!

MANNING PARK TO ABBOTSFORD, BC

Take Greyhound (of course you could take Greyhound anywhere from Manning):

www.greyhound.ca          1-800-661-8747

currently leaves at 11:10 AM each day, arrives Abbotsford at 1:25 PM.



ABBOTSFORD, BC TO SUMAS, WA-- 2 options:

1) Bus to the border         www.bctransit.com:

Walk from the bus station south onto Marshall Rd.  Walk left (East) on
Marshall Road to the bus stop.

Take Route 2 to Huntingdon. (That’s the border crossing station).

Current fare is $1.75.

Buses run regularly Monday-Friday, less frequently on weekends and not at
all on statutory holidays in Canada.  (Canadians celebrate the same Labor
Day as the US and Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October).

2)  Walk to the border. (a little over 3 miles)

>From the bus depot, walk south to Marshall Rd.  Cross the street and walk
south (take a right) on Riverside Road.  Walk on Riverside Road.  It will
take a left 90 degree turn and become 4th Avenue  Walk a few blocks on this
street, then take a right on Sumas Way, aka Route 11.  Walk south to the
border.



AT THE BORDER

Walk past Canadian Customs and Immigration (the first building you see on
the left.)  Don’t bother to try and show them your permit if you bothered to
get one.  They will not know what to do with it.  Cross the street near the
cars waiting to go through US customs and enter the US Customs building on
your right.  Speak to the customs agents inside, show your passport, etc.,
then exit through the building to the left of the counter. DO NOT TELL THEM
YOU WALKED ACROSS THE BORDER TO ENTER CANADA unless you want to spend a lot
more time at the border.  Just tell them you’ve been hiking in BC (which is
true.)  You can give them my name as someone you know in BC.



IN SUMAS, WA, walk south on Cherry Street (same thing as Route 11 in Canada)
until you see the bus stop.



SUMAS TO BELLINGHAM

Whatcom Transit 1 360-676-7433  www.ridewta.com/main.php    Route 71X

The bus leaves Sumas at at 0625h, 0745h, 1231h, 1723, 1853.

Current fare is $1.  Ask for a transfer.



FROM BELLINGHAM you can fly, bus, train or boat.

   - *Fly:* Bellingham has a small airport.  From the #71X bus, transfer at
   Cordata station to bus route #50 and asked to be dropped off at airport
   (this is not a routine stop!)
   http://portofbellingham.com/bellingham_airport_home.php
   - To take a shuttle *bus* to the Seattle airport.  Two choices.
      - 1) Airporter (leaves from Bellingham airport or Bellingham
      GuestHouse Inn, reservation required 24 hours in advance
      1-866-235-5247, current fare is $35.00)  http://www.airporter.com/ (I
      use this bus sometimes. Nice service.)
      - 2) Quick Shuttle (leaves from Bellingham airport, reservation
      required,, 1- 800-665-2122) $28.00  http://www.quickcoach.com/
   - To take *Amtrak* or *Greyhound*:  In downtown Bellingham, transfer to
   bus route #401 or 105 to Fairhaven Transportation Center.
   - To take a *ferry* (to Alaska, the San Juans, etc.), transfer to bus
   route #105 or 401 to Fairhaven

Lookout aka Connie Davis
Hope, BC
my phone number is in the register in the border monument--I travel a lot
for work and I'm gone much of the next few weeks or I'd offer to come pick
finishers up at Manning!  Mission Control might be home and could help you
out.