I live in the magical area of Eastern Ontario near Cornwall. Living in this geographic area has many advantages but I will save them for a later post.
One that I will point out is that Cornwall has a border crossing into the United States of America. This allows for quick trips into the States to pick up the bounty that I sometimes purchase on eBay or other U.S. based e-commerce sites. There is a store in Massena, N.Y. that will accept your parcel and hold it for you, all for a small fee of $3-$5. Now before you say “This sounds wrong”, I do claim my purchase as the customs upon returning to the homeland.
All this was going great until recently. The Canadian government decided to give border guards guns. The Canadian customs for this crossing just happens to be on Native soil and they do not like the idea of a Canadian with a gun (kinda sounds funny now that I typed it). So they have taken over the border and will not let anyone through unless you are of Native heritage.
Now, if you want to pick up your loot, it is a three hour drive at the next border crossing in Johnstown, Ontario. Kinda sucks.
There is another option that some of the local runners and triathletes might resort to. See below.