Death and Taxes

Good News: No death occurred today.

Bad News: Taxes did occur today.

Just wanted to send a quick note to say that we were able to get through the border into Canada, but not without greasing the palm of Johnny Canuck (the internet tells me that’s the closest Canadian equivalent to Uncle Sam). We were asked to give an approximate value for each tool on our itemized list, and then we had to pay 12% in taxes on the estimated value. They didn’t seem too concerned with the exactitude of my estimates, so I went with “garage sale prices” on the estimates. Still, when all was said and done, we were charged $344 CAN ($244 USD).

Tonight Bill and I are staying at the Cariboo Inn in the small town of Clinton, BC. We are a little over halfway between home and Rock Nest Ranch, and we will make the rest of the drive tomorrow. Thanks for praying for us in our border crossing, and please pray for the rest of our trip! We are so glad that paying a little duty to the crown was the sum total of the trouble for today.