Just as we are about to get on the road to kick off our ten day trip to the Canadian Rockies it starts to pour. The ten day forecast calls for chilly temperatures, rain, and clouds. Sounds like standard PNW fall weather, so why not start fall a little early? We drive in an incessant rain for the entire five hour drive to Bellingham, Washington, where we spend the night. We wake early and get on the road. The drive to the US-Canada border is beautiful. Clouds and fog hang low in the valley and the sun that breaks through illuminates the striking Northern Cascades.