Don’t you wanna live in America no more?

A few weeks ago we came up to Ontario from Ohio to find somewhere to live.

When we returned to the US, the US border guard asked what we were doing in Canada. We said we were visiting for a few days. He asked “what specifically were you doing in Canada” so we told him we were looking for somewhere to live, and he asked “Why are you moving to Canada, don’t you wanna live in America no more? In Canada gas is $4.50 per gallon”. Eric said gas was less expensive than $4.50, and the border guard said “Why are you moving to Canada, don’t you wanna live in America no more? You can’t just move to Canada you know, you need to have papers to move there”. We told him that Eric had a visa, and he looked at Eric’s passport to find the visa and studied it. Is the US border guard a Canadian border guard now? After studying the visa, the border guard asked us a third time “Why are you moving to Canada, don’t you wanna live in America no more, do you hate America?“ I said I was born and raised in Canada, so he took my passport and looked up where I was born. Finally he said we could go. Very strange.

If the US is such a free country, why do people think Americans are traitors when they move to another country?

Shoeless indoors now

Arrived in Guelph. Lots to tell, but no time to tell. Sitting at the Holiday Inn in Guelph for their internet, since we have no service at new home yet. New house is nice. Everyone is good. Lots of unpacking and sorting out to do.

Drove the moving truck back to Buffalo yesterday, so that is done - yay!

I will blog more when I get the chance.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Last post from Usian side

Our move, part deux.

Landlord says our new home has been completed.

We have ordered our second Budget moving truck, and will pick it up tomorrow at 12.00 noon.

Next to the storage shed to load up. I hope this is smoother than the last time when we were chucking things into the truck in the dark by the light of someone’s car headlights ;)

The drive to Guelph is 7 hours. 4 hours (I-75) to Windsor/Detroit, and 3 hours (Hwy 401) to Guelph.

We have no idea how long the landing procedure will take, so we have allowed plenty of time.

The plan is to leave Ohio Friday morning at 6am, and arrive at the Canadian border at 10:00 am to 11:00 am. We will be taking the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit to Windsor. Eric will be in the truck lane with our 24 ft Budget moving truck, and 1 boy, and I will be in the car with 2 boys. Had to take some seats out of the minivan to make room for fragile items. Boys take turns riding in the truck.

Bye for now.

Final border checklist

Going over our final checklist today for the border. Here's what happens next:

US border

Exporting a car


Canadian border

Importing a car
Importing a dog
Importing all our possessions
Importing a husband (American with immigrant visa)
Importing 3 US born US passport holding children (with Canadian Citizenship cards)
Returning 1 Canadian

Should be fun at immigration.

Still in Southern Ohio

I can’t believe it has been almost 3 weeks since we left Florida. I’m still in the limbo of Ohio. I’m grateful to my in-laws for somewhere to stay, but ready to have a home and a life again.

Funnily enough, we are busy every day getting things ready, or organized, for the move, but life feels so strange. We have no home, no possessions, and live like nomads. It’s been a long move.

4 days and 17 hours until we leave Ohio

We are leaving Ohio on Friday October 8th at 6.00 am. Will drive to Detroit and enter Canada through Windsor, Ontario. It will take 4 hours to reach Detroit/Windsor. Guelph will be another 3 hours.