Things you see along the way

If you ever move to Vancouver as I have, here are some things you might see along the way:

Mount Rainier outside your airplane window as you descend into Seattle:


The La Quinta motel where you stay with your parents the night before you drive into Canada, reflected in the window of your rental car:


Your dad figuring out the lay of the land from a map you bought at a secondhand store:


An obelisk marking the boundary between the U.S. and Canada:


Your first street sign to Vancouver which you'll have plenty of time to look at during your first traffic jam in Canada:


Your parents waving to you after you drop them off in Seattle the next day and get on the shuttle back to Vancouver:


Your feet on a Canadian sidewalk wondering if any sidewalk ever looked as unfamiliar as this:


The road ahead which though unknown was chosen by you and therefore yours to follow: