September 21, 2006

I was approaching heaven gate, the Canadian border into Alberta near Sweetgrass Mt. Between marker 377- 378, I saw a roadside anonomal that cheered me for my visit. I knew Canadian diesel was going for about $.92/litre and I had to stopp and pickup a full liter of McCallan's 18 year Single malt at the duty free shop on the American side. Diesel was going for $2.89 low. I wasn't going to stopp at the US border as I could prove eight of my shotgun were American bought and beside something irked me about having to recheck weapons.

The Canadian custom agent was a no nonsense girl with blond hair blue eyes and I was home free until I mentioned my biz was hunting. I was told to pull over and I saw a large man well dressed in uniform puffing gleefull on a pipe. Hell I hadnpt see a pipe smoker in 20 years and I told him how wonderful it smell. He was going to be my custom agent and we got along so well that within 10 minutes and a $25 fee I was past heaven gate.