Canada

Falling Down

Port of entry and time of entry don’t matter much. Pretty common to have Waze or whichever GPS send you to another entry point. 

JimmyV

We are going to head towards the port of entry I entered and hope for the best. If drive times are significantly different because of an accident or something I can call an audible. There is always a last exit before the border if we need to pull off to make a change or resubmit. Other than that the app was pretty easy. 

pearldavidson

I finished ArriveCAN today.. I’ll be crossing at Thousand Island Bridges. 

GlowGirl

I finished ArriveCAN today as well. They only ask for one place that you are staying. I am staying at two different places while there. I just put down the address of the hotel I will be staying at the longest. Does anyone know if that is the right thing to do.

KICK7071

GlowGirl said:

I finished ArriveCAN today as well. They only ask for one place that you are staying. I am staying at two different places while there. I just put down the address of the hotel I will be staying at the longest. Does anyone know if that is the right thing to do.

You're good!  

Lerxst1992

JimmyV said:

We are going to head towards the port of entry I entered and hope for the best. If drive times are significantly different because of an accident or something I can call an audible. There is always a last exit before the border if we need to pull off to make a change or resubmit. Other than that the app was pretty easy. 

I recall for the hips last concert in an NHL arena in Ottawa back in 16, I had the unfortunate experience of trying to cross in Alex Bay, near thousand islands. Gorgeous area in a very remote region, but there were more cars, trucks and RVs crossing there than cars in midtown Manhattan. Foghats slow ride would have been the song for that day. And the Canada web site had the nerve to display “no delays.”

Not impressed with the tech n regs, Ged.

pearldavidson

Is crossing at Thousand Island usually a shit show?

JimmyV

We are staying in Burlington, VT for a couple nights and heading north from there. There are a few options for border crossing, but some routes go through Montreal. Hoping to avoid that on Saturday. 

Lerxst1992

pearldavidson said:

Is crossing at Thousand Island usually a shit show?

I’ve been looking at traffic on g maps a lot and holidays/ weekends usually traffic. Right now looks ok. For the weekend , Massena or ogdensburg might be better option.

Falling Down

JimmyV said:

We are staying in Burlington, VT for a couple nights and heading north from there. There are a few options for border crossing, but some routes go through Montreal. Hoping to avoid that on Saturday. 

From Burlington you’ll be heading to highway 89 north, which becomes highway 35 in Qc. You’ll then be able to stay south of Montreal by taking the 30, then head west towards Ottawa. No need to go through Montreal, even though it wouldn’t be crowded on a Saturday. 

Jadler

Falling Down said:

JimmyV said:

We are staying in Burlington, VT for a couple nights and heading north from there. There are a few options for border crossing, but some routes go through Montreal. Hoping to avoid that on Saturday. 

From Burlington you’ll be heading to highway 89 north, which becomes highway 35 in Qc. You’ll then be able to stay south of Montreal by taking the 30, then head west towards Ottawa. No need to go through Montreal, even though it wouldn’t be crowded on a Saturday. 

Yup! This is really not a bad drive. Sometimes it can get pretty backed up at Highgate (border crossing), but I have found it’s more of a PIA coming back into US through there rather than into QC. Have not been to Ottawa, but made many trips from Burlington to Montreal in my college days. Great city! Love Burlington too of course. Have a great trip!! 

JimmyV

Jadler said:

Falling Down said:

JimmyV said:

We are staying in Burlington, VT for a couple nights and heading north from there. There are a few options for border crossing, but some routes go through Montreal. Hoping to avoid that on Saturday. 

From Burlington you’ll be heading to highway 89 north, which becomes highway 35 in Qc. You’ll then be able to stay south of Montreal by taking the 30, then head west towards Ottawa. No need to go through Montreal, even though it wouldn’t be crowded on a Saturday. 

Yup! This is really not a bad drive. Sometimes it can get pretty backed up at Highgate (border crossing), but I have found it’s more of a PIA coming back into US through there rather than into QC. Have not been to Ottawa, but made many trips from Burlington to Montreal in my college days. Great city! Love Burlington too of course. Have a great trip!! 

Thanks!

MB58788

Was anyone randomly selected for a COVID test when trying to cross over?

NateD

MB58788 said:

Was anyone randomly selected for a COVID test when trying to cross over?

Negative. 

zbrands

Hi all!

My wife and I are going to the Quebec City, Ottawa and Hamilton shows. (It's her first Pearl Jam show!) We're looking to see if anyone knows if there are any PJ meetups happening anywhere before the shows? Or if anyone has any recommendations for bars/restaurants/things to do in our spare time too. We fly into Quebec today and fly out of Toronto on September 7th. 

Thank you in advance and can't wait to finally see you all out there! 🤘

JeBurkhardt

I will be crossing over at Detroit Tuesday on my way to Hamilton. It looks like the app shows 2 entries there. 

jefft

JeBurkhardt said:

I will be crossing over at Detroit Tuesday on my way to Hamilton. It looks like the app shows 2 entries there. 

Avoid rush hour the ambassador might be your best option.

Ninetytworules

MB58788 said:

Was anyone randomly selected for a COVID test when trying to cross over?

I was. 

pearldavidson

Ninetytworules said:

MB58788 said:

Was anyone randomly selected for a COVID test when trying to cross over?

I was. 

And how did that go? 

JimmyV

It begins.