Politics and religion.

[caseysmom]

What she meant, I am sure, is that border crossing is more involved and difficult than it used to be, making it more obvious you are crossing into a whole 'nother country.

I am sure there are back rounds still where you can slip across without knowing it, but those aren't on maps!

Well Canada is a foreign country to the U.S. no matter how you look at it.

[RICHARD]

I just looked at a map and if I take an eraser and rub out the 'border', that means we own Canada.

[Bonny]

Well Canada is a foreign country to the U.S. no matter how you look at it.

As far as Minnesotans look at it they are our good neighbors to the North & always will be. Not foreign to us.

Karen, They have a huge swath of land cut along the borders between Canada & the U.S. Only the wild critters can run or swim back & forth across the border.

I remember entry was your driver license, are you carrying any fire arms & ammo, how long will you be staying here? If they were suspicious of anything they would have you get out of your vehicle & proceed to pretty much take things apart looking for guns, drugs, etc., coming & going.

[phesina]

Border crossing between Canada and the U.S. tightened up after 9/11.. at least for crossing into the U.S. from Canada (I don't know if Canada has also tightened up on letting us in there). It was just too easy for anyone to cross over before.

Here's information on this topic from Transport Canada: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZfbTlYpKYo

I have an "enhanced" driver's license which supposedly (I haven't tried it out yet) enables me to cross the border without a passport. There are a few other documents available that will also authorize Americans to do that.