As silly as the original question may seem from a common sense standpoint, border agents are not as funny. I swear most of them are wanna be cops that weren’t even good enough to be a local Barney!
We travel back n forth regularly and some are cool, others are absolutely off their effing rocker....and this goes for both ICE and CBA.
I or we have gone North one day with nary a question and back the next and it’s an interrogation on the US side.
Same goes the other way too.
I’ve been questioned by cops before and some of these interrogations at the border sound like there’s probable cause ! Ie headed over for a kids hockey game or tourney and they ask the same “innocuous” questions 3-4 times with different wording to see if you answer the same! I’m pretty sure it’s on record that we went through the border for “hockey” 6 times in the last 3 months already!
Few years ago I drove to AK, by myself for work assignment. Had a brand new company truck with no logos and temp tags. All our dirt and snow toys, some registered some not. A trailer with permanent tags from a previous state. I would have expected some serious questions. And the only real question aside from the basics was “are you planning on selling any of this in Canada?”
Month later head up with the family. Personal vehicle, camper on, another trailer with some belongings, dogs and cat on board and kids playing video games in the back seat. I got 1/2 hour almost , or it seemed, of interrogation. At one point I actually said why don’t you just have me pull over for a search so we don’t hold up he rest of the line....
I wouldn’t be surprised to get a question about camper water or waste tanks honestly. Whether it’s really a thing or not.
