We left Canada and crossed into the US today. We had prepared a spreadsheet with information about all our purchases, we carefully ensured that we had consumed all the fruits and vegetables that we had on board. When we got to the border, the US immigration/customs guy asked us about alcohol, and asked if he could come on board - he just came into the stairwell and looked toward the back of the rig. He asked multiple times how many people were with us, including when he was standing in the stairwell. At that point, I indicated that we also had two cats, and that seemed to satisfy him.
No need to show any receipts or detail the amount that we had spent on items we were bringing back. He didn't even ask about fruits and veggies, nor about meat or eggs. Good news is that nothing was confiscated and we weren't required to pay any duty. Bad news is that we spent time documenting and planning for essentially a non-event. Oh well! I guess if we had not been prepared, they may have had more questions and it would have been worse!
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| One of the first things we did was fill Miss Doozie up with fuel. |
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| In Buffalo, NY, the price per gallon was 2.239. Just before crossing the border, we had seen a price at a Canadian station of CAN$1.039/liter (CAN$3.932/gallon or US$2.985). We decided to fill up in NY because the prices in Pennsylvania were in the US$2.55/gallon (according to GasBuddy). It still cost almost $322 to fill her up, and she was only about half empty... |
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| We are now settled in to a Thousand Trails campground in Jefferson, Ohio. It is a pretty campground, and there are supposed to be nice covered bridges to go see in the area. |
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