We are back in the USA!! We are now in Grand Forks, ND and are very glad to be back in the USA. It is so nice to have secure internet and phone service. Crossing the border today was not without drama. The border agent decided she would like to look in the back of the camper as I had told her we bought some tomatoes and potatoes (we think - don't really know why she wanted to have it checked). Anyway she instructed us to go to door #3 and wait for someone to open it. We did and after a few minutes an agent opened the door and waved us to come in. About halfway in we heard a terrible scrapping noise and the agent was screaming at us to stop ( which we had already done). Turns out he had not opened the door all the way (we know from our fire training that you also open any door all the way) and it got our TV antenna on the top of the camper. It was completely ripped off ; luckily it was at the front of the camper because we got stopped and there was only a dent on the air conditioner which was next in line. They had us get out of the truck and go into the "waiting room" which we did and watched through the windows as they took pictures; looked on top of the camper and talked to each other. Finally, the agent who did not open the door completely came in and asked Wayne to write down what he thought happened. After a little while longer they asked us to come out and gave us paperwork to file a claim with "Homeland Security" and recommended that we also contact our insurance company. They did let us check the top of the camper and take any pictures we wanted. They then gave us our passports and all the other paperwork back and told us to have a great day - never did check out my produce!! Wayne did figure out a way to hook up the antenna so we can get a couple channels if cable is not available. Looks like the camper will be in the shop for a bit after we get home.
Other than that it was a good day. We went to a Texas Roadhouse here for dinner which was great. Here are a couple pictures.
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| Our view as were driving today |
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| The damaged door at Customs |
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| Where the TV antenna used to be |
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| The camper under the door |
OFGS ... do you think you were the first camper to ever go through Door # 3??? Life is never boring is always the best mantra when confronted with these situations. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty much our motto. We went through a storm today with very heavy rain, and wind. I swear it lifted the camper off the truck for a bit but Wayne's says I am crazy (what does he know). We did discover a leak through the air conditioner it this storm so there may be more damage than we had originally thought. Hope the government has enough money to pay for the repairs!!
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