I recently discovered you can cross the border into the U.S. without passports and with booze and fruit in the car.

But to avoid this, don91裸聊视频檛 shut off your GPS if you haven91裸聊视频檛 driven through Osoyoos in 30 years.

My wife and I were on our way back to the Island from the Okanagan and I wanted to take Highway 3 instead of the Coquihalla. We saw the sign in Osoyoos to go east to Castlegar, but nothing pointing west, so I kept driving straight. A short time later we encountered a sign saying we91裸聊视频檙e entering the U.S. and we didn91裸聊视频檛 see a U-turn. I said, 91裸聊视频淣o big deal. The guys at the border will help us out when we tell them what happened.91裸聊视频�

Moments later, a U.S. customs agent recites a script of questions he seemed incapable of deviating from.

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91裸聊视频淎ctually we91裸聊视频檙e trying to turn around back into Canada, we missed our turn to Vancouver.91裸聊视频�

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91裸聊视频淣o, we weren91裸聊视频檛 intending to cross the border.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频泪顿?91裸聊视频�

I hand over our driver91裸聊视频檚 licences.

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I hand him our little green cards with the QR codes.

91裸聊视频淒o you have any liquor in the car?91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淵es. We91裸聊视频檙e not supposed to be here.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淔谤耻颈迟?91裸聊视频�

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91裸聊视频淎ny cannabis, weapons in the car?91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淣辞.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淩oll down your back window for me.91裸聊视频� (Glances inside. Sees cooler, but apparently no cannabis or weapons.)

91裸聊视频淒id you stop at the duty-free store?91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲hat? No. We91裸聊视频檙e not supposed to be here.91裸聊视频�

The Osoyoos border crossing that day 91裸聊视频� maybe most days 91裸聊视频� seemed devoid of human life except for us and border security people, at least three of whom jumped on their computers to do background checks on us. Minutes later, Agent Strange, according to his name patch, asks, 91裸聊视频淪o, when was the last time you intentionally crossed the border?91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频�2019.91裸聊视频�

It was the answer he was looking for, I guess, because he handed back our licences and said, 91裸聊视频淗ey, Chris, you were born in Los Angeles and you91裸聊视频檙e all vaccinated. You know you91裸聊视频檙e welcome to come and go anytime, right?91裸聊视频�

Strange said pre-pandemic they91裸聊视频檇 get at least one car an hour that missed the turn and ended up at the border. We said, there91裸聊视频檚 no sign. We91裸聊视频檇 have to talk to the Canadians about that, he said, and handed us a yellow slip to give to the CBSA people next door 91裸聊视频� the Canadian and U.S. border services in Osoyoos share the same building with a wall between them 91裸聊视频� and said to get back into Canada we91裸聊视频檒l likely have to set up the ArriveCan app and that91裸聊视频檒l probably be more hassle than dealing with him.

We made a U-turn and explained our situation to a CBSA agent who asked us much the same questions his American counterpart had, handed us instructions on how to set up the ArriveCan app, had us pull into a parking stall to set up the app, and told us to go inside the office if we need help. About 90 seconds later, we went inside for help.

I did make a comment to a young CBSA officer filling out forms to get us back into Canada that this could be an episode on the Border Security TV series. He kind of grimaced and said, 91裸聊视频淭his just isn91裸聊视频檛 that interesting.91裸聊视频�

(Well, maybe it91裸聊视频檚 just part of the background noise to you, buddy, but you91裸聊视频檙e not standing on this side of the counter.)

Nobody confiscated our liquor or fruit and we arrived at Tsawwassen in time for our ferry to Duke Point.

Two days later my wife received a call from 91裸聊视频楾oll Free Serv.91裸聊视频� Because we91裸聊视频檇 visited the U.S., she91裸聊视频檇 been selected for random COVID testing.

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