Day trip to Seattle next week from Vancouver. Would like to avoid border line-ups.
Thanks...
2007-08-31 12:01:14 · 4 answers · asked by Adnan H 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Seattle
Rather than going through the Peace Arch Border Crossing, go through Aldergrove, unless it is considerably out of your way. The wait times are less most of the time, but it is only open from 8am to midnight.
To get there, take TransCanada Hwy #1 to Aldergrove, it's around exit 272 or so ... the Zoo exit. The road that you exit onto, take a left at it, and it goes to the border. Just before the border, if you take zero avenue and circle around, you can cut into the line if there is one. Once through the border stop, stay pon the road into Bellingham, you will be on Meridian, and you can access Interstate #5 south to Seattle from it.
On the way back, take the Meridian exit in Bellingham, and then the transcanada hwy once back in Canada. This really can save a lot of time, esp. in peek season and on holidays and weekends.
Another alternative is Abbotsford/Sumas, but that is really out of the way if your origination or destination is downtown Vancouver.
2007-08-31 17:02:20 · answer #1 · answered by Pichi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Border Crossing Wait Times Bc
2016-11-15 05:32:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest hella early in the morning like between midnite-5am, i should hope there not that busy...Also avoid weekends that was hellish for us from BC back to Seattle thank goodness for the duty free shop @ the truck crossing it saved us about 1 block of car traffic
2007-09-02 11:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Mai H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Early, early in the morning
2007-08-31 14:06:17 · answer #4 · answered by HannahSimon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋