Crossing border from Canada to USA
This has most likely been discussed many times but a search here didn't give me an answer & all the govt. websites I've read tend to confuse me . I'm wondering what food I'm allowed to take in our RV...
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lakeside013104 wrote:easycamper wrote:
They must have a feast in the border agent's lunchroom.
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Easycamper; If it is NOT good enough for you to eat, what gives you the idea the border guards have a feast in their lunchroom? If your statement was a joke, so be it, Ha ha. :)
Lakeside
It was a joke, although not a particularly good one I admit.:)
Although I'm sure it has changed more than a little in the past 40 years, my dad worked as border guard on the Candadian side of the Detroit-Windsor tunnel in the 70's.
Two stories he tells that stick in my mind are as follows:
Once when a shipment of watermelons was coming north, the guards decided it was necessary to confiscate exactly one watermelon, which did end up in the lunchroom somehow.;)
On another occasion, a US citizen was coming into Canada after travelling through downtown Detroit. My dad asked the driver if he had any firearms. The answer was: "Yes, sir. And it's pointed right at your head!" The guy had rigged a shotgun up under the dash pointing out the driver’s side window in case he encountered any nefarious characters in Detroit. Needless to say, he had to leave his gun behind.
