{"id":471,"date":"2010-03-18T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp\/?p=471"},"modified":"2013-03-05T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T06:25:18","slug":"cycling_vancouver_to_blaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/cycling_vancouver_to_blaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling Vancouver to Blaine, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of bicycle riding and public transport.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=107907909573453125620.0004821efc1727e6b407a&amp;ll=49.137698,-122.969971&amp;spn=0.332433,0.740204&amp;z=10&amp;output=embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"370\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"540\"><\/iframe><br \/><small>View <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=107907909573453125620.0004821efc1727e6b407a&amp;ll=49.137698,-122.969971&amp;spn=0.332433,0.740204&amp;z=10&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;\">Vancouver to Blaine<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><br \/>\nTotal round trip is about 4.5 hours, including lunch in Blaine:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ride from home to Commercial Skytrain Station<\/li>\n<li>Take <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Expo_Line\" title=\"Expo Line\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Expo Line<\/a> (heading east) to King George Station, $5 (or take the risk of riding for free<\/li>\n<li>Get off King George Station (last stop on the line). This is about 100th Ave. 100 blocks to go.<\/li>\n<li>Ride due south on <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Columbia_Highway_99A\" title=\"British Columbia Highway 99A\" rel=\"wikipedia\">King George Highway<\/a> (is immediately outside station). Fair bit of traffic, but wide shoulder and fast. A few small rolling hills.<\/li>\n<li>Stay south on King George, despite off ramps to freeway. i.e. stay on 99A South.<\/li>\n<li>Near end of King George follow signs to Peace Arch. Only have to ride on freeway for a few hundred metres.<\/li>\n<li>Pass any lined up cars. Keep passing them all the way to the border guards. I was waived ahead even when i tried waiting behind a few cars and was directed around the the back of the building to a small door with an &#8220;Entrance&#8221; sign above<\/li>\n<li>Line-up, or just skip to the counter (a guard asked me to skip ahead anyways. Cyclists are given priority and I was wearing my full kit (cycling clothes) and brought my bike inside. Man takes my passport and returns five minutes later with an orange piece of paper and a giant &#8216;S&#8217; written on it<\/li>\n<li>Exit building, hand paper to another guard and get back on freeway for 200 metres<\/li>\n<li>Take exit to Downtown Blaine and ding, you&#8217;re there in<\/li>\n<li>Lunch at Toni&#8217;s Diner<\/li>\n<li>Return via the exact same route, making sure to take the exit onto King George Highway (99A North) immediately after crossing back into Canada<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2754481121_35b762b95e.jpg\" alt=\"Peace Arch Border crossing traffic\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\"\/><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re on a bike you&#8217;re allowed to (in fact, ordered to) skip the traffic, whether you&#8217;re heading into Canada or the US at the <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace_Arch\" title=\"Peace Arch\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Peace Arch Border Crossing<\/a>, at Blaine, WA \/ Surrey, BC.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mikebeuselinck\/2754481121\/\">Image credit<\/a>.<br \/>\nNotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total riding is about 50km<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget a passport<\/li>\n<li>There was construction at the border and the guard asked that cyclists not take the side route until it&#8217;s completed (he said something like, take the I5?) This is as of March 18, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of bicycle riding and public transport. View Vancouver to Blaine in a larger map Total round trip is about 4.5 hours, including lunch in Blaine: Ride from home to Commercial Skytrain Station Take Expo Line (heading east) to King George Station, $5 (or take the risk of riding for free Get off King [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[13,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}