โMay-29-2018 11:22 PM
โJun-01-2018 08:29 PM
Lexx wrote:
I've read up on what you can bring into Canada and back into the USA.
Simple question - what about the on-water in the tanks? Do I need to dump all the Canadian water before returning into the USA? Do I need to dump all the 'Merican water before entering Canada?
โJun-01-2018 02:13 PM
โJun-01-2018 12:01 PM
โJun-01-2018 10:13 AM
phil-t wrote:
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My teenage years, there was no "border" no guards on duty or anything. The way it should be with our Canadian neighbors. That border should be treated no differently than a US State border, in my opinion.
โMay-31-2018 04:44 AM
JaxDad wrote:Lexx wrote:
Do I need to dump all the 'Merican water before entering Canada?
They gave up on trying to enforce that a few years back......
It was becoming too much of a problem trying to keep the US & Canadian water separate in the Great Lakes, especially in the winter.......
โMay-30-2018 03:44 PM
HadEnough wrote:
Watch your produce though. I had all my American tomatoes fresh from my parents garden confiscated upon returning to the USA from a short Canada trip. Lol
โMay-30-2018 01:43 PM
RobWNY wrote:
Sometimes I think they just like to be the marionette and control the puppet strings. It's no different with U.S. customs either. I understand we live in troubled times but there's no reason to treat people poorly.
โMay-30-2018 01:26 PM
Matt_Colie wrote:Crowe wrote:
The ridicule on here is disheartening.shum02 wrote:
No, it describes the silliness in the question. The planet is covered in water and does not care about silly .gov borders. I drink the same water the guy in Africa does and vise versa.
Shum,
The question is by no means silly.
Anybody that has dealt with US-ICE would know that this is not a silly question from an individual that has not crossed the border as much as we have.
There is no such thing as a silly question in this area. We have been challenged on canned fish that was canned in Alaska and the agent remarked that no foreign fish could be imported at that time. IT WAS FROM ALASKA.....
Matt
โMay-30-2018 01:19 PM
โMay-30-2018 12:24 PM
SoundGuy wrote:SoundGuy wrote:
All this said I was berated a couple of years ago coming back into Canada because our trailer had "too much American dirt" on it. :S I kid you not ... we had been camping at 4 Mile Creek State Park in NY state in early spring when the ground was still saturated with water and I had such a difficult time getting on to a site towing our trailer with our 2wd drive Avalanche which spent most of it's time spinning it's wheels. :M It took numerous tries, eventually I got on to a site, but a friend with a 4wd Expy had to pull me off. I even gave the trailer a quick rinse at the campground dump station before leaving but apparently this wasn't good enough and it was only because the Cdn border agent decided to be "gracious" that he let me go BUT not before reminding me he had every right to deny me entry into my own country and instead send me back to the US to wash my trailer. Absolutely 100% true story. :RRobWNY wrote:
I believe it. I am a retired Police Officer and have an enhanced drivers license that I use to cross the border. It has a chip in it and pretty much tells your life story. Once, while I was still working, I went to Toronto to watch a couple of baseball games with a buddy of mine. When I was asked the reason we wanted to enter Canada, the Border agent didn't believe me and kept badgering us. It wasn't until I showed him the game tickets that we were allowed to enter but then I had to pull to the side to have myself and vehicle searched because they didn't believe that I didn't have a gun with me as an officer. I kept telling the guy that you'd have to be a complete idiot to try and cross the border with a concealed handgun and without the proper declaration forms filled out in advance. In the end I was allowed to enter. Sometimes I think they just like to be the marionette and control the puppet strings. It's no different with U.S. customs either. I understand we live in troubled times but there's no reason to treat people poorly.
One of our good friends is an OPP officer, is also on an ERT team (SWAT to those of you in the US). Last weekend while standing around the campfire we were all trading border crossing horror stories and I was astounded to hear that his were some of the worst. I found that hard to believe, considering his profession and status in the community ... and I'm not saying he deserves preferential treatment but he certainly doesn't deserve to be singled out repeatedly by border agents who in many cases have that job because they themselves have no chance of ever being a member of the police community. Amazing, and disappointing.
โMay-30-2018 12:20 PM
Ralph Cramden wrote:Well that's just weird. They ALWAYS treat me nice. ๐ Hey, speaking of Mr. Rogers, have you heard about the new documentary coming out soon about him (starring who else, Tom Hanks)?myredracer wrote:Dealing with some of your CBSA people is not exactly like dealing with Mr Rodgers LOL.
The US border guards can be mean & nasty sometimes.
Grit dog wrote:Got pulled over once by CBA for an alleged "random computer-generated" inspection. Mean looking CBA dude inside (looked like an ex-marine) asks me where I'm going. I point over to our TT in their lot and say "I'm going camping". He looks at me like he's gonna shoot me or send me to Guantanamo Bay and says "NO, you are NOT going camping. Camping is when you pitch a tent on the ground." He repeats the question and trying to conceal my trembling, I say with my best poker face "I'm going to an RV resort for the weekend." He glares at me with the ol' hairy eyeball for a few seconds them moves onto the next question. He was one of those guys on a power trip and def. off his effing rocker.
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.
โMay-30-2018 11:44 AM
SoundGuy wrote:
All this said I was berated a couple of years ago coming back into Canada because our trailer had "too much American dirt" on it. :S I kid you not ... we had been camping at 4 Mile Creek State Park in NY state in early spring when the ground was still saturated with water and I had such a difficult time getting on to a site towing our trailer with our 2wd drive Avalanche which spent most of it's time spinning it's wheels. :M It took numerous tries, eventually I got on to a site, but a friend with a 4wd Expy had to pull me off. I even gave the trailer a quick rinse at the campground dump station before leaving but apparently this wasn't good enough and it was only because the Cdn border agent decided to be "gracious" that he let me go BUT not before reminding me he had every right to deny me entry into my own country and instead send me back to the US to wash my trailer. Absolutely 100% true story. :R
RobWNY wrote:
I believe it. I am a retired Police Officer and have an enhanced drivers license that I use to cross the border. It has a chip in it and pretty much tells your life story. Once, while I was still working, I went to Toronto to watch a couple of baseball games with a buddy of mine. When I was asked the reason we wanted to enter Canada, the Border agent didn't believe me and kept badgering us. It wasn't until I showed him the game tickets that we were allowed to enter but then I had to pull to the side to have myself and vehicle searched because they didn't believe that I didn't have a gun with me as an officer. I kept telling the guy that you'd have to be a complete idiot to try and cross the border with a concealed handgun and without the proper declaration forms filled out in advance. In the end I was allowed to enter. Sometimes I think they just like to be the marionette and control the puppet strings. It's no different with U.S. customs either. I understand we live in troubled times but there's no reason to treat people poorly.
โMay-30-2018 11:09 AM
SoundGuy wrote:
All this said I was berated a couple of years ago coming back into Canada because our trailer had "too much American dirt" on it. :S I kid you not ... we had been camping at 4 Mile Creek State Park in NY state in early spring when the ground was still saturated with water and I had such a difficult time getting on to a site towing our trailer with our 2wd drive Avalanche which spent most of it's time spinning it's wheels. :M It took numerous tries, eventually I got on to a site, but a friend with a 4wd Expy had to pull me off. I even gave the trailer a quick rinse at the campground dump station before leaving but apparently this wasn't good enough and it was only because the Cdn border agent decided to be "gracious" that he let me go BUT not before reminding me he had every right to deny me entry into my own country and instead send me back to the US to wash my trailer. Absolutely 100% true story. :R
โMay-30-2018 10:11 AM