Subj : Re: Roadtrippin
To   : Spectre
From : Warpslide
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 11:59:39

On 01 Apr 2022, Spectre said the following...
 
 Sp> Not being american take this with a few grains of salt, but aren't you
 Sp> taking something that sounds like an east west southern trip and turning
 Sp> it into a global USA tour to get into Canada?  I wonder how much
 Sp> distance and time that would add..

I suppose it depends on where you're driving.  Because Canada's province of Ontario dips down more south of some US locations (Windsor, ON is more south than Minneapolis, MN or Burlington, VT for example) it's sometimes quicker/shorter to cut through Canada.  Before June 2009 you didn't need a passport to enter the US from Canada (or vice-versa), just a driver's license or birth certificate which made impromptu trips across the border easier.

I have some in-laws that live "down east" in/on Prince Edward Island.  I can get there going through Canada (~1810km) or through the US as well (~1815km).

For awhile it was faster to go through the US when a lot of the highways were under construction in and around Montreal.


Jay

.... A critic is a man who knows the way, but can't drive the car.

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