oh i know about the shortcut thru the states. it's just that i didn't feel like passing thru the states & back with my camper packed with 8 months personal belongings & get searched at the customs on both sides....that's why.
I wasn't sure if that was in your mind or not, but I do understand.
I've driven between Windsor and Edmonton a few times now and it is a hassle almost every time I go through the border, because I always have a significant amount of gear with me.
Last time getting through the Detroit side, I had to explain to the brder guard what my camp stove was for, it went like this:
Border Guard: Can you open up these boxes on the back. (This was not a question...)
Me: Sure. Do you want me to pull off to the side so I don't hold up the rest of the line of cars?
BG: No, they can wait.
I unstrap the action packers on the hitch rack, and open the boxes.
He rifles through some of the stuff, stops at the camp stove, and points...
BG: What is that?
Me: It's a camping stove. (I open the lid.)
BG: What is it for?
Me: (In my mind I'm slapping my forehead with the palm of my hand and internally rolling my eyes...) I use it for cooking food when I'm camping...
BG: Ok. You can close everything up now.
I have had issues on both sides of the CAN/US border, but I tend to get hassled more on the US side. Ah well, pretty hard to avoid borders legally with our passion for travel.
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