We'd never been to the Trader Joe's in Bellingham, so stopped there before the typical stops at Target, Fred Meyers, and Walmart. Of course, we ended up at The Old Country Buffet in the Bellis Fair Mall at lunch time. I appreciated the added, tiny Mongolian Grill even though it didn't afford the tremendous steam and showmanship of an authentic one-meter grill.
I noticed that I5 is greening up with a full suit of free electric outlets. There were several right at the very first rest stop in Washington State. How neat it will be to be able to go all the way to Mexico without using a drop of gas! One main reason of today's trip was to fill up my near empty tank with cheaper US gas. I ended up putting $64 of unleaded gas. I saved about $24 by doing it in Ferndale rather than on this side of the international border.
We picked up quite a few cheaper groceries. I mentioned when coming back across the border that I had a 5-liter box of red wine. The border guard sent me in to customs to pay $19 in taxes for the $12 box. Good grief, Charlie Brown!
There was a lot of traffic. What aren't people working on a Tuesday?