After starting in incredible traffic for the first 30-40 miles, the rest of the drive to the US Canadian border went by quickly. The last time our encounter with the US customs officials was less then stellar so this time we were ready. Before you could say "border control agent I have a list" we produced our vegetable and fruit list. They seemed unimpressed and came on board to look anyway. They almost took Faye away with them as in the morning she had consumed all the remaining oranges and started to look like one. In all the confusion of the border, for the first time in over 3000 miles were were separated. Our radios have a maximum one mile range and we could not make contact. Our game plan in an event like this was to go either to the first rest area and wait or go to the next destination. With no rest areas around we headed for the Toledo Camp ground. As it happened, we arrived two minutes after Dirk and Colleen. Knowing he was ahead of us, Dirk had annoyed all the traffic on way with barely the minimum highway speed. Not the worst or the best KOA. Next A short ride of 90 miles to a Campground we will use to flush all the tanks and do some cleanup before dropping off Dirk's and Colleen's rental at Tom Rapers in Richmond on Saturday.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Toledo Day 25, Oct 11
After starting in incredible traffic for the first 30-40 miles, the rest of the drive to the US Canadian border went by quickly. The last time our encounter with the US customs officials was less then stellar so this time we were ready. Before you could say "border control agent I have a list" we produced our vegetable and fruit list. They seemed unimpressed and came on board to look anyway. They almost took Faye away with them as in the morning she had consumed all the remaining oranges and started to look like one. In all the confusion of the border, for the first time in over 3000 miles were were separated. Our radios have a maximum one mile range and we could not make contact. Our game plan in an event like this was to go either to the first rest area and wait or go to the next destination. With no rest areas around we headed for the Toledo Camp ground. As it happened, we arrived two minutes after Dirk and Colleen. Knowing he was ahead of us, Dirk had annoyed all the traffic on way with barely the minimum highway speed. Not the worst or the best KOA. Next A short ride of 90 miles to a Campground we will use to flush all the tanks and do some cleanup before dropping off Dirk's and Colleen's rental at Tom Rapers in Richmond on Saturday.
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