Behind the Mask: Tyrian's Great Canadian Escape during the COVID-19 pandemic

After 8 months of muscling through school in quarantine on his own in Vancouver, Tyrian decided to come home at the end of October. A closed border meant Matt had to fly to Washington and meet Tyrian on the US side once he managed to get all his belongings across. Mind you, Tyrian had packed for a 2-year stay in Canada...

While Matt figured out how to drink an airport coffee during a pandemic...

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...Christina did her maternal duty and walked through Tyrian's apartment with him to check on the packing situation.

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One last look at the view from that fabulous deck.

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Bye Tyrian. See you at home!

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Flying in a plane full of masked people is a strange experience.

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However, Sea-Tac looked the same as always - although rather empty.

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Since all the smaller trucks and vans were unavailable due to people moving out of Seattle, Matt got a monster truck for a one-bedroom apartment move.

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The truck rental counter provided car-seat safety guidance for all creatures. Can't be too safe.

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Matt's rental representative, Malika, was awesome. Sassy and effective. And patient, as she watched Matt use about 50 alcohol wipes in the truck's cab before driving it off the lot.

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Waiting in the Visitors' Parking Lot at the border... where they don't actually allow visitors...

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The border patrol ended up sending Matt to a lot up the hill across the street. And then Tyrian got to haul his gepäck up there.

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Multiple gepäck-hauling trips.

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Back up the hill...

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Done!

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Time to hit the road.

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The trees of the Pacific Northwest provided scenery at the start of the trek...

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Zipping down to Seattle was effortless, but then a boat accident on the freeway caused a traffic jam, severely hindering progress.

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Late-afternoon luncheon in nowhere, mid-Oregon.

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"Will you be taking pictures of me this whole trip, Dad?" "Yes, Son. I promised your mother."

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Sunset passing through Portland.

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Finally time for bed in Yreka, CA. The road-trippers made it two-thirds of the way home in one day.

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Refreshed and heading south towards Mount Shasta.

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Passing through the remains of the California wildfires.

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Finally, approaching Sacramento...

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Home

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Time to get the crew out to unload the gepäck.

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We wore masks and sectioned off the house so boys and girls didn't have any shared spaces except the kitchen, which we vigilantly cleaned between uses. We resumed normal family life once our travelers had negative COVID test results.

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