Route update · September 26
Route update: Vancouver stop canceled; course shifting toward Tsawwassen
Jeana is unwell, so the planned stop outside Vancouver General Hospital is canceled. With her sick, going ahead with a visit tied to an oncology ward would be a terrible choice—unsafe and inappropriate around medically vulnerable patients. The earlier Vancouver Awareness Day will not proceed as scheduled. She is changing course toward Tsawwassen; exact stops, dates and public meeting details will be posted when confirmed.
The earlier future itinerary is temporarily unavailable while the revised route is prepared. No replacement Vancouver public event has been confirmed. Do not travel based on the old Vancouver dates or locations.
Health guidance: Vancouver Coastal Health visitor guidance · BC Cancer Vancouver visitor guidance
Read the latest walk updateDay 15 · Completed
Blaine
Washington
Blaine on Drayton Harbor
This day on the route
- Planned date
- The day
- Walking
- Planned walking
- 7.5 miles
Day 15: 7.5 planned walking miles to Blaine. Day 16 is the planned Peace Arch crossing; no public appearance at the monument is announced.
Route overview, not turn-by-turn directions.
The planned 7.5-mile leg reaches Blaine before the Peace Arch crossing. Fishing, logging and the international boundary are part of the city’s own account of its history.
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 is the final Washington destination in the northbound section, with the crossing into Surrey planned for Day 16.
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.
The itinerary assigns 7.5 planned walking miles to Blaine, followed by the 8.6-mile cross-border stage to Elgin. The campaign’s family story reaches across a different border: Jada’s donor was in Germany, while her family was in Washington. The walk carries that story north toward its Canadian stages.
From the road
A day off her feet in Blaine
She had felt a cold coming on the night she walked into Blaine, so she stayed at the motel and rested, three tenths of a mile short of the Peace Arch.
No miles today. She has walked every one of the last fourteen days, most of them with the whole pack on her back, and she is 73.
- Distance walked
- 0 miles
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Sources
Local history and background reading for this stop.
- About Blaine — checked Sep 5, 2026
- Peace Arch State Park — checked Sep 5, 2026
- Jada, Torsten and the reason for the walk — checked Sep 25, 2026
