When I'm tempted to complain, which happens a lot, I remind myself that by design I live in an area where there's lots to do, see, and experience. There are much worse places to be stuck for a few--or more than a few--months, and I've lived in quite a few of them.

But yesterday I skied to exhaustion; tomorrow I'll mountain bike, also to exhaustion; today I worked hard in a career I enjoy. There's a lot I'm missing, but there's still a lot remaining in life.

Keep in mind that in addition to the closure of the USA/Canada border until (at least) June 21, there are also various restrictions on interprovincial travel within Canada. It's difficult to find up to date information about the interprovincial travel restrictions.

My guess is that the closure of the USA/Canada border will probably be extended again and again, and likely the border will not re-open for unrestricted tourist travel until the infection rate in the USA falls below 1 person per thousand. That might not happen this year.

As of today, the infection rate in the USA is more than double the Canadian infection rate, and the American infection rate is not trending downwards.

Michael

My president says that if we stop testing, we won't have any more cases. Seems an obvious solution....

The border closure HAS been extended again, to August 31. And it will almost certainly be extended again.

And I've got parts sitting in Blaine that I'll never see...

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And a new poll shows that 85% of Canadians want the US border to stay closed until at least the end of the year.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7185471/u...onavirus-poll/

While that carries no legal weight I'd think that our minority government will very likely abide by that sentiment. So don't expect to be travelling to Canada anytime soon.

I've hoped for another outcome, but I'm compelled to agree with both of the above (although "never" covers a lot of ground!). Taken nationally--or even regionally--the US response to the pandemic has been so anemic and irresponsible that keeping the border closed looks quite reasonable as a first line of defense. The reported behaviors of some US residents allowed through on their way to Alaska hasn't helped; nor have the heavily-armed, battle-armored folks who've appeared even on the sleepy streets of my own town defending their right to get tattooed mask-free regardless of the consequences to anyone else.

I've put any hopes of visiting Canada for any reason at all on indefinite hold. This includes a planned scattering of my mother's ashes as well as various less-weighty plans involving motorcycle touring. Schemes to evade restrictions--e.g., I could ferry myself and bike directly to Alaska, then use my need to return home to enter Canada--seem distinctly unappealing in light of the justified fears and resentments of US residents which I'm hearing about, including from my own family.

Grant, I've had orders of Canadian mountain bike parts delivered without issues recently, so your need for parts from the States shouldn't present much of a problem, cost considerations aside. I'd almost volunteer to pick them up myself and toss them across the ditch along East Boundary Road in Lynden, but this sort of thing seems to attract a lot of attention from our over-equipped Border Patrol. I sure hope we all get back to normal at some point soon.

Mark