After getting a good night's rest... we are ready to get this load to Canada! My body's clock is still completely messed up; although, Trapper tries to keep us on Central time... I'm still on Eastern. I honestly don't know what time it is. The cell phones have changed to Pacific, the radio is Central and the computer stays on Eastern!
I decided coffee should be the first task, for me. Trapper's been up for awhile... on the phone and QualComm... trying to get our paperwork right and to the right place. You have to get the manifest approved and in the Canadian Border Crossing computers so you can get in the country.
After a quick brisk walk to the nearest convenience store, I return with coffee, jump on the internet to see what the stock market was doing and now we are on our way to the border. Our dispatcher has told us that no one (or not the right one) has received the faxes we sent yesterday, so our only recourse is to cross the border and be sent over to the brokers office and wait again.
Busy morning at the border.
A couple cool pictures I took while we were in line... check out the stacks on the red truck... and then the dog checking himself out in the mirror.... 
Paperwork approved and in hand... we are allowed in to Canada.
We find our destination and find out we really aren't suppose to be here until tomorrow! Ok... they decided to go ahead and unload us, but it would take the rest of the day... Ok... we decided to walk over to a restaurant and have lunch.
The rest of our afternoon was spent with me sleeping and Trapper reading. It was peaceful. They actually didn't rock the truck too much at all. We were unloaded around 4:30 pm pacific time and everyone went home. I sent the QualComm message that we were unloaded and we were sent a dead head dispatch to go to Ferndale, WA (29 miles). No problem... well... not so quick... you have to have an "empty manifest".
We chose to stay at the same little truck stop that we stayed at last night. It's close, available parking, and coffee is a short walk. The truck is rocking tonight... 20 mph winds and no weight... makes a difference.
The little aggravations were really worth it, neither of us are complaining ... this was an awesome trip.
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If you do as many Canadian trips as we did when hauling boats, you might want to invest in a printer/scanner for the truck. We had one and it was a breeze receiving and sending faxes. Made our life so much easier and no wasted time at truck stops doing the paperwork. I did it while we went merrily down the road.
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