Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!nsc!amdahl!pag00 From: pag00@amdahl.UUCP (Pria Graves) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: x-country travel Message-ID: <2202@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 11:45:07 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.2202 Posted: Fri Nov 8 11:45:07 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 08:33:02 EST References: <1209@decwrl.UUCP> <1085@mtuxo.UUCP> <857@ihlpa.UUCP> <1282@tekgvs.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 41 > >One not-so-pleasant note about cross-country travel: > > > >Generally, the people you meet when traveling across the country > >are pleasant and helpful. There is one consistent exception, and > >you apparently are going to hit it. That is U. S. Customs, upon > >returning from Canada. > > Dan Star > > I'm not sure where Buffalo is, but I thought I would provide > some additional experience for the net readers. > > Having travelled to and from B.C. and Alberta a number of times > (the more the better), I have had minimal hassle with the U.S. Customs upon > reentry to the U.S. True, they are somewhat less courteous than the > Canadian Customs upon entering Canada, but I've had no inordinate problem. > > I cherish my experiences in Canada and I would find a surly U.S. > agent a real downer after a wonderful visit. I hope it's localized to > Buffalo. (Where's Buffalo?) > I have also been back and forth across the border to B.C. a number of times without more than the most cursory of questionings. And that's both at the microscopic boarder stop of Eastport, Idaho, and at the larger ones on I-5 and the ferry from Victoria. Further east, I've crossed north on I-81 (opposite end of Lake Ontario from Buffalo) and at Sault Ste Marie and back to the States in BUFFALO. This last was with two other bikes..... both from Ohio. Mine was loaded with full gear for a three week solo trip. Again, we just got a couple of questions; didn't have to prove anything! I don't know how to explain the difference. Maybe surprise at seeing a solo woman cyclist a long way from home? But the two local riders were both men. Maybe it was the bikes? (all BMWs) I don't know! (By the way, Buffalo is in northwestern New York, near Niagara Falls.) Pria (!amdahl/pag00) -- Pria ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!pag00 (408) 746 7539