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| Grand Forks, menards, border crossing
Posted: 4/14/2009 1:47:01 PM | | I wonder what the aboriginal folks do or how are they treated when crossin the border,...respectfully I hope !!! ......... | |
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| Grand Forks, menards, border crossing
Posted: 4/16/2009 6:31:39 AM | | I went to the States on Tuesday the 14th. Bit of a pain with Hwy 75 closed,but we crossed on Hwy 59 and worked our way south-west to Grand Forks. Crossing the border into the States wasn't too bad,even though my mother forgot her birth certificate. The immigration officer allowed me to vouch for her. Coming back into Canada at the same crossing we encountered something new:we had to first stop at US Customs and show our ID before proceeding on to Canadian Customs. No problem there,we didn't even have to pay duty on the $150 we were over our limit. | |
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| Grand Forks, menards, border crossing
Posted: 8/4/2009 8:05:12 AM | Well,another trip to the States under our belt. We went down for a yearly muzzleloading competition I've been attending since about 1985. We decided to get the new enhanced ID cards instead of passports. There was a major difference at the border. When we arrived the line-up started just before the entrance to the Canadian Duty-free store. A year ago it would have been at least an hour wait from that point,probably more,but in fact we got through in under a half hour. The border guard swiped our ID's,asked us where we were going and how long we were going down for,asked exactly what kind of guns I had(cartridge firearms require a permit, muzzleloaders don't)and we were off.
Coming back was just as quick;we got back to the border at 1:30 pm,the line-up was about 7 cars in each of 4 lanes,and we were through in under 10 minutes. The new passport/enhanced ID rule may have seemed silly,but it sure sped things up both ways. | |
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