In the not-something-you-see-everyday category, a Canadian Naval patrol boat just sailed past my house, coming out of the Strait and down San Juan Channel, headed south. I found this somewhat odd since I live in American territorial waters, and would have expect the Coast Guard to be patrolling, if anything. 
The ship in question, the HMCS Edmonton (#703 marked clearly on the starboard side) is a patrol boat, which I’ve seen elsewhere in the Gulf Islands of Canada. But why this far south?
Possibility #1: The Canadian Navy is invading the U.S.
Possibility #2: We take "turns" with Canada patrolling island waters
Possibility #3: The Canadians ran out of beer, and Friday Harbor was the closest store with a good selection.
Invasion seems unlikely – they’d probably have brought a couple more ships, even to take over Bellingham or Anacortes. I’m guessing they ran out of beer, and are on their way to King’s to pick up some Labatts.
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That’s *much* more imaginative than anything I came up with.
Oh wait, that really happened.
Quite a world we live in, when exchange students joyriding is national news.
Maybe the boat was hijacked by some wayward Egyptian students who were supposed to be studying at Bozeman and instead found their way to Canada and thought they’d take the boat for a joy ride.
Thank goodness someone is watching the border. I’m going to sleep much better tonight.