We got kicked out of Canada!

So the last thing we posted was that we were so excited to go to Canada....well let's just say that Canada was not that happy to see us! Let us start by saying that we had been informed (well misinformed) that we could cross the border and see Canada with only our drivers license. We knew that there was a chance that things had changed but we figured "what the heck, how many times are we going to be within hours of the Canadian border?" So we turned the van North and started the treck. We were so excited when we saw the signs for the Canadian customs.

Sarah pulled into the Canadian customs line and handed the lady her drivers license. Then the lady looked at Sarah like she was crazy. We informed the lady that we were from Texas and that someone (Cody) had told us that all we needed to enter Canada was our ID. She told us that we were right and that we were actually already in Canada....but that we would not be allowed back into the U.S. without a passport. So technically we were going to be stranded in Canada! Then the nice lady, seeing the panic in our eyes, told us to pull into the parking lot and to go see the people inside.

We walked into the Canadian Customs office feeling like the biggest idiots on the planet. However, Allie was all smiles as she approached the man behind the desk (the desk that reached Sarah's chin.) It seemed to us like everyone in the office already knew what had happened and were coming to see the stupid girls that thought they didn't have to have a passport. When he realized that we were from Texas he informed us that it was " the same up here as is it down on that border." Then Kayla responded with, "ya but this is only Canada!" WRONG ANSWER! It appeared that that comment offended the nice Canadian people and all went silent. The man finally told us that there were going to deny our entrance into Canada and fill out a form that forced the U.S. to take us back. There is nothing like being stuck in a limbo in between 2 countries and be told that basically neither of them wanted you.

However, the form was the way to go. We were informed that he could technically enter our names into the system and that FOREVER, for the rest of our lives, any time that we wanted to enter Canada there would be a symbol by our name that would mean we would have to go into the customs office and get checked out. The form was definitely the way to go!

After he explained everything that the form said he let us run out and take pics in Canada while he filled it out. Once we came back he walked us out to our car and then made the huge line of traffic waiting to get into the U.S. let us in. We thought at first that he was just being nice, letting us skip the line, but really he just didnt want us to escape into Canada.

Since we got to skip the line we did not have to wait very long to make it to the U.S. customs side of the building. While Sarah waited to move up Allie was busy filming everything with the flip camera. Finally it was our turn and Sarah slowly moved the van forward. As she was driving she decided she was going to try and count all of the cameras, since there were so many. As she was doing this her eyes scanned over a sign that got her attention. It had a picture of a person holding their ID up next to their face so that the camera could take their picture.....she saw this right as the camera flashed. Strike 2.

Embarrassed she slowly moved forward and then started apologizing to the man waiting to check our passports. She handed them all of the IDs and the A-45 form. He looked at it, looked back at us, and looked at it again. We were once again the stupid girls. At first he gave us a hard time and Allie was worried that he was gonna be mean. However, we soon realized he was kidding and started to joke back. Sarah informed him that we had been doing things wrong all day and he said, "Ya I bet you all are trying to smuggle stuff in as well!" Sarah then replied with, "Oh ya we have a body in the back!"

KAYLA ALMOST DIED. She squealed, "Sarah don't say that." Luckily the guy knew Sarah was kidding, or was just swayed by all of our good looks :)

All the while Allie was still filming the customs guy flirt with us. At one point another customs guy walked awkwardly in front of the van and Allie followed him with the camera. That is when he turned around and headed right to our booth. Our customs guy was finishing up with us and after talking to awkward guy asked us if we were filming because that would be illegal. Sarah quickly spurted out some lie about how Allie was simply taking a picture of the "cool sign with arrows pointing to the U.S. and Canada." This seemed to work and then the guy informed us that, "It's always the ones in the backseat that you have to worry about!" We all cracked up and got our butts back on U.S. soil as fast as we could......oh but not before we reversed back down the highway to take a picture of the "Welcome to Washington" sign.