“HAVE YOU been to the
States lately? Not a bad
place to visit until you hit
“the border on your way
“home into Canada. ~

Maybe I just chose the wrong
weekend, I have to admit that the
weather was very good and many
of my fellow Canadians were now
“on their way home.

} hit the border at 7 p.m. on a
Sunday night with customs out of
sight,'somewhere down the road.

The lineup appeared to be at least .

a ‘mile long...
eas | resigned myself to driving
bumper. to bumper, in one of two.
lanes, in the old familiar Start-stop
fashion:
As Linched towards the border
at a “snail's pace, I tried to occupy
, my mind by watching the various
¥-events going on around me. |
‘noticed that several vehicles were -

ulling

out of my.Jane and head-. ©

Lane jumping part of the game

ing inte « lane free of cars on my
right — the lane seemed to be
moving without difficulty.

My first reaction was that
Customs must have opened anoth-
er lane, and that we all might be
getting home a litte bit earlier.

However, as { neared the divi-
sion in the road I realized that it
was only the “Pace Lane” (Peace
Arch Boarder Entry) that-was
open.

With only three Canada
Customs officials working the
vehicles through the lines, I grew
even more impatient with my slow

‘progress.

As I continued in the bumper
to bumper, start-stop fashion, |
was suddenly cut off by a Ford

‘Mustang that had traveled down

‘the “Pace Lane" hoping to save
lime by cutting into my waiting
line.

[wasn’t the feast bit
impressed.

My possible retaliation could
have ended in fisticuffs as the pas-
senger of the vehicle looked tired,
muscular, and not in the meud for
taking his turn in the line-up. 1
stayed in my car...

[ finally made it over the 49th
parallel —. but ! was stil! a num-
ber of car lengths from the
Customs’ boath.

,, LT eould tell by the body lan-

- guage uround me that people were -
"getting uptight.

I heard a disturbance and
placed to my left. The problem

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