[AT] OT - AFFF Fire/now Canadian Border

[Dan Folske]

It used to be very easy to end up in Canada if you were hunting some of the 
prairie trails. The first indication that you were in Sask. was the license 
plates on the vehicles in the farmyard. I had a friend who lived about 20 
yards from the border. If he turned right as he left his yard he came into 
Portal, ND . If he turned left he pulled onto a Canadian highway and went to 
Estevan, SK. Now they dug a ditch across his driveway. It's generaylly still 
wide open but there are remote sensors all along so you might find yourself 
surrounded by Border Patrol or RCMP vehicles before you realize you've 
crossed the border.

A couple of friends used to work Customs & Immigration at Northgate. At 9:00 
pm they would carry a couple of orange traffic cones out, set them in the 
highway, shut the door and go home. Now htere is a new 2.5 million dollar 
port building, gates, and remote cameras which can be viewed from Portal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - AFFF Fire/now Canadian Border


> By the way, I forgot to say how inviting your area looks to me.  I've 
> never
> been out in that area.  The land around here is flat, possibly flatter 
> than
> yours but we have a lot of tree cover.  I'm not used to being able to see 
> in
> any direction like you can.  Also dirt roads, except for field and forrest
> roads, are almost a thing of the past there.  It might sound silly to you
> but I miss them.  I'm assuming you still have lots of them.
>
> Sure hope to make it out that way some day.  If I were a little younger it
> would be a good motorcycle trip but these days I like air conditioning and
> being able to lean over and prop on the arm rest.  LOL.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - AFFF Fire/now Canadian Border
>
>
>> Dan,  I don't mean to hijack the thread but I looked at your  town on
>> Google
>> Earth and I'm guessing you can answer something I've been wanting to 
>> know.
>>
>> I've never been up there on the border or much of anywhere west of the
>> Mississippi for that matter.  It appears to me from looking at that area
>> on
>> Google Earth that there are places where you can just walk or drive over
>> the
>> border.  It looks like there are fields and farm roads that go right up 
>> to
>> the border and there is very little if anything between them and the next
>> field or road over in Canada.  Is that correct?   Not that it matters
>> particularly.  I don't think we have much of a border issue with our
>> Canadian cousins.  It just looks like if someone wanted or needed to get
>> over that border without papers it would be pretty easy to do with a
>> little
>> planning.   The other side of the coin is that I'm sure a stranger sticks
>> out like a sore thumb in your neighborhood.
>> ----- Original Message -----