JUST TRIED IT-CANADA. NO GO
We live just an hour south of the Canadian border and have gone to and from Canada at several different points here in the NW US. I can attest to the fact that things have become very, very Gestapo-like in recent years, with the worst offenders being on the US side of the border. I believe every word of the following post... -ed
Ol' Obs2 here..been lurkingggg.
even slept up in the deep woods a few nights within a few meters (literally!) of some "Old" crossing points of yon..
AND even more surprising , there is an extreme predjudice-nay, A HATRED (by Canucks) of Americans trying same...
and if you DO get over the border..
THEY'll rat you out in a heartbeat.
forget it ! No statute of limitations in effect here..nope !
BELIEVE ME !!!.. It's like a bad level in Diablo II when it comes to Border Patrol, WSPatrol, Customs..big business/budgets and they ARE GOOD at seeing you coming MILLLLLES AWAY..
that extends continuously over to ND.
I kid you not.. I mighta been able to do it solo.. but if you're with somebody, like your woman, guitarist, or kids/family.. It Won't Work!
at ARt GAlleries, Sales etc....guess what.
The CANADIANS don't WANT YOU,
they Won't HELP, and they are SCARED (conditioned) to even Try.. NO AMNESTY, NO "VISA" or WORK PASS once you get over there.., NO "Hey, it's OK.. you're just like us..we'll stash ya in the jamshed.." NUH-HUH.
Upon further investigation, American slide-thrus are hated worse than Middle easterners or other " Non Canadians".
Gather that it started with the Vietnam -era ex pats, and the Media / PTB up there have had 30 years to wipe that idea out.
" Doesn't matter where you go- There Ya Are"}}
..but this one is as real as it gets, folks.
I JUST TRIED.
Go by SEA THROUGH THE SAN JUANS,
and make DAMNED SURE you have somebody waiting on the dock...
OBS2