The summer has flown by and we are heading south to Arizona. Usually we cross the border at Nighthawk, but this time wanted to leave earlier and since Nighthawk doesn't open until 9 a.m. we headed off to Osoyoos. Well, Homeland Security was certainly at work on this morning The motorhome was searched and we were detained for over an hour while a female U.S. customs officer tried her best to prove that we were doing something wrong. Ron had to show the deed to the lot at Riverside to prove he did own land and she also looked through his bank statements and asked many questions about how much he paid a month on this land and if that included utilities and on and on.
The other thing she was stuck on was the fact that we were really cutting it close for the number of days that we would be in the U.S. this year as you are only allowed a total of 179 days in a calendar year. ( 6 months less one day) When I figured it out later, we were at 176 days but I wasn't sure at the time and was just waiting for her to declare that we were illegal aliens and send us back to Canada!
She finally said that she was satisfied and we could be on our way. Sure hope we don't ever run into her again. I don't know what she was doing in the motorhome for the length of time she was inside or what she was doing on her computer while she made us sit inside waiting for her.
We did get to our destination of Pendleton yesterday anyhow even though it was a little later than expected. Tonight we are in Mountain Home Idaho and plan to be in Nevada tomorrow.
Not sure why Ron bothered to set up Bell as the hockey game was not that exciting. What's up with our over paid goalie???
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