Border closure extended..again

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Back in July I practically wrote off knowing there was a slim to none chance upon going to Canada this year - with the increasing pandemic cases in the United States occurring out of control....

I am really bummed that my 13 consecutive years of visiting Canada will come to an end and 14 of the last 15 years at that.

So this what the last day I spent in Canada returning home in my 2WD rig looked like in Oct 2019 with four inches of snow on the shoulders at this point :

Mile 1135 Alaska Hwy. at White River Bridge :


Mile 1136 Alaska Hwy. :


Got a break from snowfall for a bit along the way to Beaver Creek before going thru more intermittent ice and snow covered roads on the Alaska side....

Mile 1141 Alaska Hwy. :


Final Stop in Canada to Date...
1202 Inn - Beaver Creek Yukon Territory :


I decided not to travel abroad in the states this year because of the pandemic (too scared to travel by plane and face strict travel measures) and was thinking what kind of camping trip I would do on my vacation time this year in which I decided to take time off anyway and stay landlocked in Alaska -

On a Plan B scenario earlier in the summer should Canada be out of the equation later on - is possibly going to Kodiak Island for the first time, but decided not to after an outbreak occurred on the MV Matanuska just recently.

So a plan C is in the works which will be a short RV trip somewhere in Alaska this year - either a Kenai Peninsula, Interior-Southcentral Loop, or an Arctic Circle trip if the weather holds up by the time I am ready to go on the road.

I was due to start my 2020 trip thru Dawson City Yukon, however that is done cancelled, so it is officially official that I will not be present in Canada in 2020.

I dont think the border will be open until a vaccine. I am a Mexican resident with documentation and I cannot transit the US by land. Not that I want to right now.

yay on the extension. also yay on the tomatoes. My plants are producing almost faster than we can eat them this year. if you arent growing your own, leamingtons tomato crop as as good as it gets.

PackerBacker wrote:

EEWally wrote:
I remember news stories years ago about Canadians buying places in the US SW, Las Vegas, Arizona, etc. I forget the name and cause of this opportunity.

Are those folks allowed to come down to their places in the US? What's required to go back to Canada?

No we cannot go to our places. We have a camp in the NY Adirondacks that I haven’t been able to go to even check it out since last December.

What I wish we were able to do is simply travel directly to our place without stopping, check everything out and then come straight home. No stopping for gas or a quick trip into Walmart, just in and out, the authorities can even track me on my iPhone if they want!

Our home in Canada is only 38 miles from the border; it’s extremely frustrating but I do understand the need to control movement to limit this terrible disease.

... Eric

This is the silly part of it. You can’t drive a couple of hours down & back even just to check on your place, but I can fly to Florida & back no questions asked and all I need to do is agree to quarantine on my arrival back into Canada.

We have a place in Casa Grande, AZ. With the #`s below and the continuing upward trend, we won`t be headed south until the USA gets a handle on the virus ...border open or not!

Brian Klaas
@brianklaas
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Yet again, here's covid-19 deaths yesterday:

Spain: 24
France: 17
Japan: 16
Canada: 13
UK: 12
Germany: 9

United States: 1,358

Population of countries above: 426 million
Population of United States: 328 million

EEWally wrote:
I remember news stories years ago about Canadians buying places in the US SW, Las Vegas, Arizona, etc. I forget the name and cause of this opportunity.

Are those folks allowed to come down to their places in the US? What's required to go back to Canada?

No we cannot go to our places. We have a camp in the NY Adirondacks that I haven’t been able to go to even check it out since last December.

What I wish we were able to do is simply travel directly to our place without stopping, check everything out and then come straight home. No stopping for gas or a quick trip into Walmart, just in and out, the authorities can even track me on my iPhone if they want!

Our home in Canada is only 38 miles from the border; it’s extremely frustrating but I do understand the need to control movement to limit this terrible disease.

... Eric

Canadians are not barred from flying into the US, it’s only driving in that’s not permitted.

There is no problem returning to Canada, it does however require a 14 day quarantine.

Wanting to go is a whole other matter.

I don’t think they can. I know four couples that have places in Indio, Palm Desert, La Quinta, and Tucson. At this point one says they’ll go when allowed and three say it depends on the situation there. They would be able to return but would have to quarantine if the border restrictions are still in place.

I remember news stories years ago about Canadians buying places in the US SW, Las Vegas, Arizona, etc. I forget the name and cause of this opportunity.

Are those folks allowed to come down to their places in the US? What's required to go back to Canada?