At 09:45 PM 11/15/98 -0800, you wrote: >I live in Canada and have never been pulled over in my Westy. However, >when crossing the border into the States, we (my wife, two school age >kids and a dog and I) have repeatedly asked to leave the van, out comes >the dogs and practically the SWAT team to search the Westy. I mean >really. When I lived in Michigan, it was the same thing -- the Canadian customs were no problem, but if we were going to have a problem, it was with US customs. Now, I live 50 miles from Mexico, and it's the same thing. The problems, if any, are always with US customs. Not long ago, I went south of the border with a college group in a college van. The van was driven by a college employee, who happens to be a German citizen married to an American serviceman, currently stationed at the Army base in Sierra Vista. At the border we were asked the usual question -- "Are you all American citizens?" The driver said no, she was German. They asked for ID. She had her passport, her ARIZONA driver's license, and her military dependent's ID card, but she had left her "green card" at home, thinking she didn't need it. We all sat at the border for two hours until her husband could drive down with it. Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You can't do everything, but you can do something. You can't help everyone, but you can help someone. Even one candle helps to push back the darkness. |
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