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| Royal Canadian Mounted Police ready to stick a Q-tip up your nose. |
Living up here in Maine, we locals like to visit Canada from time to time. It's the closest foreign country, you can drive there, they speak French and it's beautiful. So the closed border between the US and Canada has put a crimp in many a Mainer's vacation plans. But today I read that the border will open on August 9. Hooray! Quebec City, here we come!!!
Not really. Because while the border will be "open," there are plenty of stipulations. First, show proof you are fully vaccinated. Done. Next, show a negative Covid-test taken in the last 72 hours prior to your arrival. No thank you. Then, once you are in Canada be ready for an impromptu Covid test requested at random by someone in authority, possibly on horseback. Uh-uh, not doing that.
Additionally you must have a two-week quarantine plan at the ready, just in case. In case of what, I'm not sure. But I am sure of this: I'm not going. Besides, the 5-hour drive in the state of Maine leading right up to the Canadian border is even prettier than what's on the other side.
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