We took US-1 from Balsam Cove up to Robbinston, ME. We found a place about 2 miles north of Whiting where we could stop for lunch before going on to Hilltop Campground. We got into the Hilltop Campground a little before 1 p.m.
Hilltop Campground is a Passport America campground. The Passport America discount is good for 3 nights, but we’ll only be for 1 night. We’re in site #11, a pull-through, with full hookups (30 amp).
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After getting settled in, we got our passports and drove to the border crossing at Calais, ME. The campground is about 16 miles from the Canadian border. There weren’t too many cars crossing the border then. We were directed by a Canadian customs officer to park our car and go inside the Customs building at St. Stephen. After waiting only about 10 minutes we were interviewed by a customs official as to our purpose for visiting Canada and how long we expected to be in Canada. The customs official entered our passport information in their computer and we were on our way.
We stopped down the street to exchange our US currency into Canadian – almost $1 for $1. Then we drove to the New Brunswick Visitor Center to pick up maps and brochures. The staff there was very helpful and informative and knowledgeable about the places to visit.
Then it was back across the border and the RV. This time there was quite a long line crossing the border into the US (it looked like workers going to their homes in the US after working on the Canadian side). The US customs officer checked our passports and we explained that we had crossed the border to exchange currency and get travel brochures. Then we were on our way back to the RV.
Our first border crossing experience went without any problems and all of the officials were friendly and helpful.
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