We're home!

jg_am · February 19, 2007

Hello all! I wanted to say my fiancee is settling into her new home in Pennsylvania. The trip was uneventful if not long. I flew to Buffalo Thursday morning out of Philadelphia. I had a little weekender bag but checked it in because I had a razor and shampoo. Needless to say, I wore the same clothes for three days. In fact we were out grocery shopping and I got a call and my bags were outside our door at home.

Anyway, I got the truck in Buffalo, and drove to cross at Peace Brisge/Fort Erie. I pulled into the Bus/RV section and a woman came out and I told her why I was there. She asked where my citizenship and then glanced at my passport and asked me to open the back. When she saw it was empty, she sent me on my way. I met Ashley at her grand parents' house and we went on to ala from there. Friday we moved her family's things out out of the storage unit and went back for her stuff. We left Saturday morning, stopped at the florist, went and visited her grandma at a home in Toronto for a little bit and headed south.

The crossing at Fort Erite was smooth. Someone from the border said to cross at #13 because it would be closest to the building, but it was labled #1 and said RV's, I think. The guy looked at our passports, and asked if her visa was in the envelope. She said it was in the passport. He asked what was in the truck and I said clothes and furniture. We went around back to open the truck and he asked again f it was just household items and if anything was new. We only had a bookcase that was new, but he said it was fine. He barely glanced inside and that was that. I asked if he need a list of our boxes and he said he didn't but to take it inside for the interview. We pulled up and waited to be processed. They asked her a few questions and she could tell they were looking for specific answers(we guessed based on our previously submitted paperwork/interview). Her envelope was already opened so she didn't ask for a copy of the medical. Off we went and a million hours later, we arrived home. The roads were fine but the drive was brutal. Mapquest said 10 hours but it was 18 for us. Partly because of visits, partly to rest, partly because I was going 55 in a truck that reved like I was going 70.

Thanks again for all your encouragement along the way!