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Thor_MN

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12. I did cross the border a couple times without checking in with Customs...

Reply to Jim Lane (Reply #5)

Sat May 14, 2016, 06:51 AM

May 2016

But only because the station was empty and dark. Back in the day, apparently, they sometimes didn't have a night shift running and if you returned from Canada after dark, you paused at the border, looked around, gave them a 5 count, shrugged and kept driving.

I suppose I could take my boat up to Rainy Lake and ferry people across. Or the people could wait until winter and just walk.

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