crossing the borders (food & fuel)
I have read lots on both US and Canadian border agerncy websites, and some of it is straightforward - what food you can and cannot take one way or the other. Some is less so, and obviously varies. ...
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Q-A fuel
We live with in 25 miles of the US boarder in Wash state. For me to make a round trip to get fuel with no boarder line ups it usually takes just about 1 to 1.5 hrs. Be pending on the boarder lineups on both sides.
The boarder crossings on the lower mainland (Vancouver area) have much long lines as a rule compared to the rest of the Province of BC.
Here is a link to boarder wait times
Wait times at boarders
Here is a link to Hwy cams at the border crossings
Boarder crossing cams
Sure you can save some money so it's up to you how much time you want to spend on your Vacation doing it.
Q-C fruit
You will NOT be able to take any fruit from BC in to Wash State, period. Even if it has a sticker on it saying it is grown in the states they will NOT allow you to take it back into the states. Veggies I am not so sure of, but I think it's the same because yesterday when they asked us when we crossed into Wash state , they asked if we had any Fruit or Vegetables on board. However there are something's they will allow, so as a rule we never take any fruit, Veg, meat or booze going into the U.S. We do bring some meats back however we have a list that was given to us at Canada Customs of type and weights allows into BC.
There are fruit stands around Omak and Wenatchee south of the Boarder in Wash State
Link to USA fruit and Veg info
U.S. Fruit and veg link.
Soup.
We live with in 25 miles of the US boarder in Wash state. For me to make a round trip to get fuel with no boarder line ups it usually takes just about 1 to 1.5 hrs. Be pending on the boarder lineups on both sides.
The boarder crossings on the lower mainland (Vancouver area) have much long lines as a rule compared to the rest of the Province of BC.
Here is a link to boarder wait times
Wait times at boarders
Here is a link to Hwy cams at the border crossings
Boarder crossing cams
Sure you can save some money so it's up to you how much time you want to spend on your Vacation doing it.
Q-C fruit
You will NOT be able to take any fruit from BC in to Wash State, period. Even if it has a sticker on it saying it is grown in the states they will NOT allow you to take it back into the states. Veggies I am not so sure of, but I think it's the same because yesterday when they asked us when we crossed into Wash state , they asked if we had any Fruit or Vegetables on board. However there are something's they will allow, so as a rule we never take any fruit, Veg, meat or booze going into the U.S. We do bring some meats back however we have a list that was given to us at Canada Customs of type and weights allows into BC.
There are fruit stands around Omak and Wenatchee south of the Boarder in Wash State
Link to USA fruit and Veg info
U.S. Fruit and veg link.
Soup.
