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Day 14 · Completed

Blaine

Washington

Blaine on Drayton Harbor

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Date
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Walked
3.4 miles

Day 14, September 20: 3.4 miles walked into Blaine. Jeana rested here with a cold on September 21 and 22 and crossed the Peace Arch on September 23.

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Gouache harbor scene with weathered mooring posts and ropes in the foreground, small fishing boats beside wooden sheds, and low wooded shores beneath a cloudy sky.
Illustration inspired by Blaine, Washington.

On September 20 Jeana walked the last 3.4 miles into Blaine and took a room at the Northwoods Motel, three tenths of a mile from the Peace Arch. A cold kept her there for two more days.

Blaine stands on Drayton Harbor at the British Columbia border. The city calls itself the Peace Arch City and describes a history shaped by fishing and logging. It was the last Washington stop on the way north.

The Peace Arch was dedicated in 1921. The monument rises 67 feet at the international boundary, a conspicuous landmark shared by the two sides. Its height and position make it a clear landmark at the turn from Washington to British Columbia.

After a slow morning of coffee, conversation and laundry, her host dropped her back on the route for the short walk into Blaine. L & L Bakery gave her quiche and a cold brew coffee, and a girl gave her a friendship bracelet. She took a room at the Northwoods Motel, just short of the Peace Arch, and felt a cold coming on. She rested there on September 21 and 22, World Marrow Donor Day, and crossed into Canada on the 23rd.

From the road

Into Blaine, and a girl who gave away her friendship bracelet

A slow, peaceful morning of coffee, conversation and getting her laundry done. Then her host dropped her back on the route, and the short walk that was left into Blaine.

Right there were several folks who had come together to hold a yard sale, and she thought, well, she would walk over and introduce them to how to join the national registry. They were all very interested and welcoming. One family had two little daughters, and the older girl, after listening, brought her a pair of socks for the walk, a special kind of friendship bracelet that she had made, and a little gecko. Jeana felt very warmed by that sincere, heartfelt gift-giving.

The walk along the bay was beautiful, and pretty short. She added a little to it, wanting to stop by a Washington Federal bank, and then she realised it was Sunday.

Blaine is a beautiful little town. L & L Bakery gave her a slice of quiche for lunch and a cold brew coffee, which was lovely. Then she walked on to find somewhere for the night, and found a room at the Northwoods Motel, three tenths of a mile from the Peace Arch. She could feel a cold or flu coming on, so she went to bed to get the rest she needed.

One of the central principles with which I walk is this freely giving and receiving, which leads to a network of folks who support the walk and become an integral part of the walk.

Jeana Moore
A tall roadside sign reading BLAINE by the sea, under a banner reading The Peace Arch City, with a panel below it reading Downtown Blaine, 2 minutes ahead; parked cars and a grey building stand behind.Five people smiling together at their yard sale: an older man sitting on a wooden stool, a woman and a man standing behind, and two girls in front of them. A round wooden table with a potted plant on it stands in the foreground, and a grey building is behind them.Rough grass and a railway line running along the shore, the bay bright blue and glittering beyond.The bay from a grassy bank, a low wooded shoreline across the water.Dandelions in flower and in seed on a weedy bank above the bay, a wooded ridge with houses on the far shore.Sunlight glittering on the bay, seen through the leaves of a bush on the bank.Two big pale clam shells lying open on mossy ground among dry stems and gravel.A road running along the shoreline behind a guardrail, the bay on one side and trees ahead.A marina full of masts seen over a wooden rail fence from a paved path, a water tower standing behind the boats.Across the water, a hillside town in Canada with apartment towers on the skyline, seen over a breakwater of big dark boulders and a galvanised steel railing.A railway crossing sign beside the shore road, the crossing gates and the bay behind it.
Distance walked
3.4 miles
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Sources

Local history and background reading for this stop.

  1. About Blaine — checked Sep 5, 2026
  2. Peace Arch State Park — checked Sep 5, 2026
  3. Jada, Torsten and the reason for the walk — checked Sep 25, 2026
The flyer: STOP BLOOD CANCER set in tall letters over a dark plum page, a quote, and a QR code beside a text-to-join line for the U.S.One standing face of the table tent: the same headline and quote on the left, a large QR code on the right.

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A coffee counter, a church foyer, a break room, a race table. Every sheet carries the code that opens Jeana’s walk, and a number to text for anyone who would rather not scan — no app, no wifi, nothing to hand back.Every sheet carries the code that opens Jeana’s walk — nothing to install, nothing to hand back. The number to text printed beside it is for joining NMDP, which registers people who live in the U.S., its territories and the freely associated states. If you live anywhere else, find your country’s registry.

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