Today was the last in the USA. Off to Canada. We left Mandan to head for Grand Forks. We had hired one car for the USA and then a bus trip over the border and picked another one in Winnipeg. We are going in one direction so they wanted $6,800 for Kansas City to Vancouver, but by doing the bus bit we saved over $US 4000.It was good to send one back without a scratch this time. The bus was 1 hour late so we didn’t leave till 5. Drove along very hungry so we ate a bag of our Lindt gift chocolates! We got to the Canadian border and all had to be checked. We went in to the office and got asked all these questions. Just like on border watch. They called us back to the counter after checking us out. The guard said he thought it was funny to see someone who farms rabbits. These police checks are thorough! No he just googled us!
Canadian Border
One of the guys on the bus had been done once before for drug possession so of course he got the full search and 3rd degree. I'm not sure if it was a full cavity as well. Which took an extra hour. Oh well. We arrived at Winnipeg airport/bus station at 9.30. picked up our new hire car. This time a Toyota corolla matrix. It seems better than the last Chevy cobalt. Holds the road better. Not as many features though. Both bloody tired so we pulled up at the first dodgy motel we could find. Still $99 for the night. Walked down and got some Chinese takeaway home bed by 11.30.
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