[PUP] Ships Stores in the PNW

[Paul W. Weakley]

We crossed into Canada at Kingston, ONT this past July.  We cleared customs
by telephone.  Never saw a real person.  We were asked about firearms,
alcohol, cigarettes, pets and people.  We had no firearms and no cigarettes,
since we do not smoke.  We did have several bottles of alcohol and beer.  I
told the customs agent we just had "ships stores".  She asked, How Much?  We
told her just what we had and she had no further comments.  She gave us our
Canpass number, which we then wrote in our log and posted in our window.  I
was quite concerned when we brought back some of our US purchased alcohol
and a few bottles of Canada purchased alcohol.  The US customs never asked
about alcohol.  Most likely because the cost of alcohol products is about
twice as expensive as in the US.    Why would anyone smuggle booze from
Canada into the US when it's twice as expensive?

Good Luck,

Paul