What happened when we brought Bo back from Canada under the new CDC Dog Import Rules

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to RV podcast

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episode

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511.

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I'm Mike Wendland, and this is my lifelong

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traveling companion and my bride, Jennifer.

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And we're tired.

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It's been a busy 5 weeks. It has

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been. I think today has been

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a little bit of a challenging day. Yes.

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We'll talk about it in a, you know,

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in a bit, but we are back in

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the USA.

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Mhmm. We, have been,

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spending the last 5 weeks

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in Canada with the, fantasy RV tour of

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the Maritimes,

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and what an awesome time we had. I

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hope you've been looking at YouTube, at our

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videos. We've got one up on the Fundy

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Bay in New Brunswick, and then one up,

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just this past weekend

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on Nova Scotia. We've got one coming on

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Prince Edward Island.

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But

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just

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a one sentence summation of of our, of

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our Maritimes tour. I'm so glad that I

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had the opportunity to go. Yeah. We haven't.

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We had some questions we'll answer at the

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end of this podcast on it. But we

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are back in Maine. We have just, the

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tour just ended, and,

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we are in a little town called Canaan,

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Maine. It's a little south of

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Bangor, and,

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we are overnighting here as we begin

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1,015

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miles from here back to our home in

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Michigan.

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But we had a had a wonderful time.

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And I,

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just can't say how nice it is traveling

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with a group of of kindred spirits.

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Wasn't that fun? Yeah. We're going to miss

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them right now. We have one couple that

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we're still traveling with. They're right next door.

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The Wilsons are still with us. Yep. And

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last night, we had another couple that by

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chance Yep. We all had dinner together. And

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everyone enjoyed this. Yep.

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And,

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it's really been fun. It's gonna be hard

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to be just, the 2 of us and

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Beau.

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Now speaking of Beau,

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we are going to have our conversation of

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the week about a topic that has gendered

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a lot engendered a lot of of great

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controversy,

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and that is the CDC's

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very confusing rules on, bringing your pet back

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from Canada. They took effect August 1st.

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We're gonna talk about what happened to us

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when we brought Bo back from Canada.

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I'll just say, we're back. Bo is with

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us. So, obviously, it worked.

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But I will say we were very surprised.

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And we'll talk about that in the, in

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the conversation of the week in just a

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moment.

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Alright.

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Speaking of helpful information, one of the best

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places to find it is on our social

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media.

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We've got,

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Facebook group. How many members we have? 400

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and?

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430.

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432.

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It's growing like crazy.

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And our very exciting RV lifestyle community, which

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is off Facebook, and that's at community.rvlifestyle.com.

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Wendy Boyer is the one who keeps track

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of all the stuff that's going on in

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our RV lifestyle social media channels,

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and she does for us every week a

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program, a little segment called the social media

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buzz about RVing.

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And here's Wendy. Hi, everybody.

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Over in our RV lifestyle communities,

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mods and DIY Tweak Space, we recently asked

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everyone

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if there was a personal design or storage

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solution that they had made in their RVs

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that they would like to share.

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And this was a great thread. A couple,

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I think, things that were shared included one

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from Brian. Now Brian built a sewer hose

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storage under his 5th wheel. He shared a

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picture of what he did. It looked like

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2 square hollow,

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maybe

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aluminum,

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tubes that he put underneath his rig, and

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now his hoses can go there. It was

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neat. It looked very efficient.

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Now Paul, he also shared something he did.

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He added a

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shelf in his bathroom cabinet

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for his 2017

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Leisure Travel Van Unity. That looked like a

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great way to add a little more space

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in that bathroom area. And Bert, he and

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his wife, well, they had this issue. They

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had command hooks in their bathroom to hang

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their bath towels to dry, and the command

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hooks were pulling the wallpaper off the wall.

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So what to do? They got a shower

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rod, put it right next to their shower

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door, made it the same color. It was

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black, and then they got those s hooks,

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and they put their towel on the s

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hooks that they hung from their shower rod.

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It looked professional like it was supposed to

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be there. It was super sharp and great

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storage saving idea from them. So if you're

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looking for a few ideas like this, make

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sure you check out that thread.

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Also in our community, another great discussion was

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in our general discussion space, and it was

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from Greg. Greg said that he had recently

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heard not to sit on a closed slide,

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and he was concerned because he and his

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wife on travel days, they would sit at

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the kitchen table and eat their lunch, and

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they did this while the slide was in.

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So he asked the group what to do.

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Is is this dangerous to do for his

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rig? And there tended to be 2 streams

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of thought on this. The first was from

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Suzanne. Now Suzanne, she said when she asked

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Alliance

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about partly opening her slide so that she

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could get to the refrigerator, she was told

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that she did this to be sure not

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to step on the slide because the slide

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is elevated a little bit, and it could

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be damaged.

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Now Suzanne, she had a rack and pinion

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slide, and it sounds like that is the

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same type of slide that Greg has.

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So that was one train of thought. The

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other was from people like Randy. Now Randy,

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his rig is a super c, and he

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said the seat belts on the seats

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are in the living room are on a

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slide. Now, obviously, if there's seat belts on

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these seats, the dealer's thinking you're gonna sit

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on them while in motion.

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And so they have been sitting on these

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seats no damage at all, but his slide

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was different. It's on a hydraulic slide extender.

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So the bottom line seemed to be to

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find out from your manufacturer what your slide

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is built, how it's built, and then determine

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from there whether or not it's safe to

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use. So great discussion.

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And then over in our RV lifestyle

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Facebook group, we had a post that got

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hundreds of responses, and it was from John.

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John wrote, hi, friends. Any advice for staying

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at a Walmart for the night? Now John

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sounds like he's a new RVer, never stayed

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before overnight in a Walmart,

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and so he asked the group for some

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suggestions. And I love this because that's the

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purpose of these groups, not only to form

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community and share our enthusiasm, but to help

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one another. And there are always newbies coming

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in, and there are always experienced campers who

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are friendly and willing to share some help.

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And that's what happened in this post.

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Many, like Leah said, John, make sure you

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check with the manager because some city ordinances

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do not allow

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parking,

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overnight in Walmart lots. And Leah, she also

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said, you know, this is what I do.

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My husband and I, we go in the

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store. We buy a few items. We go

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to the customer service desk. We ask if

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it's okay to overnight,

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and then we go to the back of

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the parking lot. We park under a light.

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They go to the back to keep those

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spots in the front available for customers. And

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then, of course, they don't set up camp.

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They don't bring out their grill, for instance,

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or their lawn chairs. They just are good

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guests, kinda staying in their rig, getting their

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sleep, and going on their way. And many

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agreed with that. Helen, she added in the

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morning, you know, just just get up and

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go. Don't stay too long. You know, don't

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make this your 24 hour camping spot.

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And Bill, he was the man who suggested

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John get an app like RV parky so

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he could see even while he's on the

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road. You're getting tired. You know you gotta

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pull over soon, and you can see whether

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or not the Walmart coming up even allows

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this sort of thing.

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Great tip. And there were, again, lots of

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great tips, and we have written extensively about

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this subject on our blog and our YouTube

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channel. So if you're looking for more tips

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about camping or overnighting, I should say, in

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a Walmart,

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Make sure you check those things out as

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well. And I'm Wendy Boyer, and I'll see

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you next time in the RV lifestyle community

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or Facebook group.

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Thank you, Wendy. I think everybody

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looks forward to, what you have to say

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and what you've

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learned and what you share with everybody. So

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thank you from all of us. Yep. And,

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all the people who, benefit from you and

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your team of moderators. Hats off to all

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those moderators

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who, particularly in Facebook, keep things going. On

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our community,

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it's nothing but niceness.

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come on over and try. Community.rvlifestyle.com.

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Alright. We're gonna have our RV conversation of

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the week.

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And, this is one that,

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has kept us thinking all summer long.

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Back when the CDC, the Centers For Disease

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seemingly out of nowhere,

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announced some sweeping changes for what happens if

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you take your dog,

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out of the country.

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particular of interest to our viewers is what

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happens if you take your dog out of

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the country to Mexico for a vacation

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or,

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Canada as we just did.

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On August 1st, new rules came into being.

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But before that, there was so much confusion.

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Wasn't there? There really was. You had

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to have your dog chipped. Micro chipped? Do

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you I don't think anybody really minded doing

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that to their pet. Well, it costs money.

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It it does cost money.

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And the second thing was your dog had

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to have a rabies shot

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after being chipped. After. So

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so in our case, for example, we had

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Bo Bo gets his annual rabies vaccination

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on the January. In January, and he did.

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But with these new laws, we had to

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get it microchipped,

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and then that rabies vaccination had to be

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listed after the microchip was in. And that

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rabies vaccine couldn't be a 1 year. It

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had to be a 3 year. So

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we complied.

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We did that with Beau, and it cost

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us a bunch of money,

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for the vaccination, the veterinary fees. But then

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under the original rules that they put the

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for us, we had our vet had to

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send in a form to the USDA, Department

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of Agriculture.

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They had to look at all that information

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and then file it back and say that,

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yep, they approved all that. And then we

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had to have that to submit to bring

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Bo back from the border

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along with sending a picture of Bo. And

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we couldn't do it except 1 or 2

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days before we came back, and we had

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to do it at the border. And you

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had to choose. Yeah. You had to tell

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ahead of time what because we weren't sure

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which which border crossing we were gonna

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do. Well, just, before those rules took effect

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on August 1st, they backed off because I

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heard so many complaints from veterinarians

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and from,

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dog dog clubs and people who travel with

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their pets into Canada.

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And they modified those so that you simply

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had to fill out a form online

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and then,

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have proof that the dog

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came from a low,

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like Canada, which is a a a low

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risk rabies country,

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and that that they had a vaccination

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and a microchip.

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So that changed a lot. And we found

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out all of this when we were We

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found out the changes The day before we

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were we were

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in Maine, and we were ready to cross

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over to Canada the next day. That evening

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at the welcome dinner

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is when we found out you didn't need

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all this. But I think That they changed

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their policy. They backed it off a little.

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They're still pretty strict, though. I think what

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was hard was all the stress that it

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caused by the vets didn't know anything about

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it, trying to get this all organized so

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that Beau would be street legal.

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And for me, I just said, I don't

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wanna go. You know? And I was that

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well, you know, got this trip or plan.

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I I don't wanna vaccinate my dog. I

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don't want more rabies vaccine in him. He

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was just vaccinated, a 3 year vaccine. Had

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to do that? I don't wanna do this

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to my dog. I don't know what kind

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of effect this is going to have on

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him. And when you contacted the CDC,

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they just were very that's the procedure

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and followed. It's all online. It was very

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confusing.

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Alright. So they backed off. They changed that.

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And it was too late for us because

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we complied to what they said because we

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were leaving July 22nd

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and coming back after August 1st. In fact,

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this fantasy trip that we went on, one

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person didn't go. Canceled. Because they didn't wanna

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subject their dog. I presume they had one

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dog. To more vaccinations

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Yeah. They already had. Right. So,

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what is it like? Well, it's now after

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August 1st, and we've come back with Beau.

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Now I have been carefully monitoring it. Our

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Wendy has been monitoring it, and our social

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media team, Jen's been reading all the comments,

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and several people have reported that that they

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were able to do so. Sometimes they asked

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for the papers. Sometimes they didn't. Where is

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your dog's papers?

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Now we've never been asked. We've always keep

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Bose records up to date. We've never been

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asked in

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dozens and dozens of crossings into Canada over

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the past 12 years, but we were ready

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for this one. So we had all this

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stuff.

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The night before,

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I went online. And you do have to

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do this. Remember, this is still effective. You

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have to go to the CDC site. Just

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search CDC

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dog import form. CDC dog

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import form. It'll take you there.

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And you have to go online, and you

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have to,

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identify your dog,

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certify that he's healthy,

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and that you're bringing them him back. And

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you have to have, a description of him,

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his breed, and his color. It's it's actually

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very simple form to do. You send that

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in electronically,

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and then,

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within just a couple of minutes, the,

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the CDC sends you back a form saying,

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okay. Here's a receipt that you sent that

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form in.

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You should print that out. In our case,

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I didn't have a printer accessible.

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But they accept, just show the email that

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confirmed the receipt. So I had that. It's

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on my phone. All ready to go.

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And, I had the proof of his vaccination

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for rabies, which I'm supposed to have. You're

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still supposed to have that. And we had

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his microchip number, which I was supposed to

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have.

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So we came across the border.

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We crossed at the same place we entered

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Calais, Maine. It's a small little town. Northern

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Maine is on the gateway to,

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New Brunswick and, and some of the maritime

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provinces that we visited,

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and we came right back that way.

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We were in an RV line, and, boy,

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they were,

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like, 8, 10 RVs ahead of us. Right?

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Quite a few. Yeah. I mean, they were

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a lot. And,

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everybody, of course, was coming back from Canadian

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vacations. I did. And, we had Beau prominently

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in the back seat.

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We came up to the,

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up the up to the, count the, you

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know, the booth there that the customs border

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patrol guy's in. Hello?

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Y'all coming from? Then we we're on a

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tour. We've been up to Prince Edward Island

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and then back on. Coming in with you

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that you didn't leave the US food food

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plant stage in the border?

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No. No? Nothing. Any other back on? Nope.

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Have a camper or firewood? None. Oh, no.

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Anyone open the camper for me? Sure.

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We handed him our passport IDs.

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He asked us, you know, what we were

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bringing back, standard questions, and,

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and then,

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he asked if he could go in the

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RV.

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I'm like, well, well, sure. And we noticed

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he'd been going in every RV in the

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line. So I got up, and I opened

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the the door, brought the stairs down, had

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to put out the slide a little bit

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so he could go look throughout, make sure,

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I guess, there wasn't anybody in the RV.

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And then he looked in the refrigerator

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for fruits and vegetables, which we had gotten

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rid of. You're not supposed to bring those

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in from Canada.

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We put the slide back in, put the

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lock back in the refrigerator,

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and he said, thanks. Here's your ID. And

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we drove off, and we said, but wait.

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He didn't even ask about Beau.

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So we were really surprised.

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Not a word.

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And as we have looked at other people's

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experience,

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it was typical.

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These guys, they're already overworked. These border patrol

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customs guys. This is our first line of

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defense in our country.

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And up here in Canada, they have been

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you know, they're they don't have enough people.

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They're working really hard.

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Nobody said this to us, but I suspect

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this is not a real popular rule that

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the CDC met with the customs and border

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patrol folks.

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He didn't even ask. Just as every other

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time we've gone into Canada and brought Babak,

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they don't ever ask. We always have his

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records if they do, but and you should

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too.

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But we want you to know that the

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biggest surprise after all the work we did,

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all the expenses we spent, all the hours

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we spent trying to figure out these changing

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CDC laws,

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he didn't even ask about Beau, whether he'd

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been microchipped, whether he had a rabies vaccination,

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whether he was healthy.

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So we're back. He was some stray that

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we picked up along the road. Yeah. He

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was.

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So,

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I don't know how it'll be for you,

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but,

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the stress level, you know, because you're always

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worried. Because if they the CDC said, if

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you don't have all of this done, you

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can't bring your dog back. Well,

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I I mean, does the border patrol have

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a bunch of cages now ready to keep

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these poor dogs? You know?

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So, none of that happened with us. And

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the reports that we have seen,

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from many different other RVers now who have

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come back after August 1st with pets is

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that it was a similar thing. Some of

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them just handed them with their passports, those

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papers. And one of the one of the

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persons,

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who did that said the passport guy looked

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at it says, oh, you really went and

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got all these forms, Didn't even look at

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them and handed them back to them and

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sent them through.

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So they do go in your RV, and

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they're looking basically for fruits and vegetables or

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anybody hiding in there, which is more than

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understandable.

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The guy could not have been nicer.

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The the hardest part about the whole crossing

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is waiting about a half hour. It took

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us waiting in this line behind all these

536
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other folks who were 45 minutes. 45 minutes.

537
00:19:04,575 --> 00:19:05,795
Yeah. From start to finish.

538
00:19:06,815 --> 00:19:07,795
So we're back.

539
00:19:08,174 --> 00:19:10,575
Beau is back, and, there was just no

540
00:19:10,575 --> 00:19:11,714
hassle at all.

541
00:19:12,095 --> 00:19:13,875
And that was the surprise.

542
00:19:14,575 --> 00:19:17,054
After all the talk, all the controversy, all

543
00:19:17,054 --> 00:19:17,714
the concerns,

544
00:19:18,509 --> 00:19:20,269
one even asked about it. Well, I am

545
00:19:20,269 --> 00:19:22,210
just so grateful that I

546
00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:26,109
went because I didn't wanna subject Beau to

547
00:19:26,109 --> 00:19:28,990
getting vaccinated. We always canceled ourselves because he's

548
00:19:28,990 --> 00:19:31,789
lost. Was already vaccinated for rabies. I thought

549
00:19:31,789 --> 00:19:33,330
that can't be good for him.

550
00:19:33,855 --> 00:19:34,355
But,

551
00:19:35,214 --> 00:19:37,214
I love the trip. I would recommend the

552
00:19:37,214 --> 00:19:39,694
Maritimes to anybody. Yep. And don't worry about

553
00:19:39,694 --> 00:19:40,755
coming back to Canada,

554
00:19:41,375 --> 00:19:42,115
from Canada.

555
00:19:42,654 --> 00:19:44,575
It was it was it was great. Now,

556
00:19:44,575 --> 00:19:46,920
again, you should have all these papers, so

557
00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,160
do it alright. Don't you know, because they

558
00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,240
may change it. You know? Don't leave home

559
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,500
without all the papers for your pet. Yep.

560
00:19:54,279 --> 00:19:56,359
And, and when you leave, thank the border

561
00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,519
patrol and customs guys. They have a really

562
00:19:58,519 --> 00:20:00,920
tough job, and we really appreciate their service

563
00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,600
out there for us, and be nice to

564
00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:02,894
them.

565
00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:05,615
They don't like to hold people up either

566
00:20:05,615 --> 00:20:07,695
as they're as they're trying to get, done

567
00:20:07,695 --> 00:20:09,555
back home from their vacations, and,

568
00:20:10,015 --> 00:20:11,634
we couldn't have had a better experience.

569
00:20:12,015 --> 00:20:13,875
So we're back as is both. Now

570
00:20:14,255 --> 00:20:16,335
if you have questions or, you go to

571
00:20:16,335 --> 00:20:18,700
that CDC line, just just again search the

572
00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:20,779
CD just search online. Go to Google and

573
00:20:20,779 --> 00:20:21,279
search

574
00:20:22,140 --> 00:20:22,960
dog import

575
00:20:23,259 --> 00:20:25,659
rules from CDC and you'll find all you

576
00:20:25,659 --> 00:20:27,359
wanna know and probably more.

577
00:20:28,220 --> 00:20:30,059
If you have a different experience, if you

578
00:20:30,059 --> 00:20:32,045
had a different one, please send us an

579
00:20:32,045 --> 00:20:34,384
email or put that in the comments,

580
00:20:35,244 --> 00:20:35,744
below.

581
00:20:36,525 --> 00:20:37,565
Thank you guys for,

582
00:20:38,125 --> 00:20:39,805
watching all this. And I hope that this

583
00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,644
helps. And if you've been anxious about bringing

584
00:20:41,644 --> 00:20:44,384
your pet, from our experience, you'll be surprised

585
00:20:44,445 --> 00:20:45,930
too how easy it went.

586
00:20:46,490 --> 00:20:46,990
Alright.

587
00:20:47,690 --> 00:20:50,090
RV questions of the week, and we got

588
00:20:50,090 --> 00:20:50,670
a couple.

589
00:20:51,610 --> 00:20:53,130
This one is from Robert, and he wants

590
00:20:53,130 --> 00:20:54,910
to know how have the campgrounds

591
00:20:55,289 --> 00:20:56,090
been in camp

592
00:20:56,890 --> 00:20:59,369
They they were all clean and tidy, and,

593
00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:02,384
we enjoyed all of the campgrounds that we

594
00:21:02,384 --> 00:21:03,125
were at.

595
00:21:03,505 --> 00:21:05,744
A lot of them didn't have the 50

596
00:21:05,744 --> 00:21:08,384
amp. They only had 30, but we got

597
00:21:08,384 --> 00:21:10,544
along just fine with 30. That meant we

598
00:21:10,544 --> 00:21:12,865
ran 1 air conditioner at a time, not

599
00:21:12,865 --> 00:21:15,009
both, or we didn't run any air conditioners

600
00:21:15,069 --> 00:21:16,849
when I was running the washing machine.

601
00:21:17,230 --> 00:21:19,150
We had to be energy aware, which is

602
00:21:19,150 --> 00:21:22,049
probably good for anybody to be energy aware.

603
00:21:22,109 --> 00:21:23,789
So if you have the 50 amp unit,

604
00:21:23,789 --> 00:21:25,390
make sure you take that dog bone that

605
00:21:25,390 --> 00:21:27,375
adapts the 50 amp to 30 amp.

606
00:21:27,934 --> 00:21:29,855
Several of the campgrounds we stayed in 10

607
00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,755
different campgrounds now Mhmm. In the Maritimes.

608
00:21:33,375 --> 00:21:35,375
Several of them did have 50 amps, and

609
00:21:35,375 --> 00:21:36,335
that was great. But,

610
00:21:37,055 --> 00:21:39,075
most were 30 amp, and they were fine.

611
00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:41,474
Several were

612
00:21:42,150 --> 00:21:42,650
crowded,

613
00:21:43,190 --> 00:21:45,910
close together, yet and others were very spacious.

614
00:21:45,910 --> 00:21:47,289
You had lots of room.

615
00:21:47,670 --> 00:21:49,670
But they were really good campgrounds, and we

616
00:21:49,670 --> 00:21:51,910
had great experiences in all of them, really.

617
00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:53,210
No issues at all.

618
00:21:53,590 --> 00:21:54,490
One of them,

619
00:21:55,125 --> 00:21:55,845
there was,

620
00:21:56,805 --> 00:21:58,505
someone who was rather authoritarian

621
00:21:58,964 --> 00:22:00,904
in the rules that she prescribed,

622
00:22:01,365 --> 00:22:03,705
but the campground was so drop dead gorgeous

623
00:22:03,765 --> 00:22:04,164
that,

624
00:22:04,884 --> 00:22:06,345
we all forgot about that.

625
00:22:06,644 --> 00:22:09,349
And, actually, she was so kind and nice

626
00:22:09,349 --> 00:22:11,070
to us. She was really nice to us.

627
00:22:11,210 --> 00:22:12,890
To park. I mean, because

628
00:22:13,429 --> 00:22:14,789
you needed help because we had a new

629
00:22:14,789 --> 00:22:16,470
truck and backing in, and we got a

630
00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:17,609
big rig. And,

631
00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:20,150
she made it, and there was just this

632
00:22:20,150 --> 00:22:21,974
little space we could get into. She was

633
00:22:22,134 --> 00:22:23,815
excellent. Yep. Now some of the other people

634
00:22:23,815 --> 00:22:26,934
objected, but, and the and the reviews on

635
00:22:26,934 --> 00:22:29,035
the campground were kinda spotty, but

636
00:22:29,414 --> 00:22:31,255
we didn't think they were they were warranted

637
00:22:31,255 --> 00:22:33,595
because it was such a great clean campground,

638
00:22:33,734 --> 00:22:35,815
and it was just great on the Bay

639
00:22:35,815 --> 00:22:38,529
of Fundy. The other question is, how has

640
00:22:38,529 --> 00:22:39,669
your Internet been?

641
00:22:39,970 --> 00:22:43,349
And it's been awesome. Yeah. No problems whatsoever.

642
00:22:43,490 --> 00:22:45,089
As you know, we have Starlink. We used

643
00:22:45,089 --> 00:22:47,409
it, every day. We kept in touch. We

644
00:22:47,409 --> 00:22:49,329
did our videos. They were all up, and

645
00:22:49,329 --> 00:22:50,130
it was awesome.

646
00:22:50,865 --> 00:22:53,125
So we had great great coverage with Starlink,

647
00:22:53,184 --> 00:22:55,365
and, we look forward to continuing that

648
00:22:55,664 --> 00:22:57,285
as we now head back to Michigan.

649
00:22:57,744 --> 00:23:00,304
And then one final question is, will you

650
00:23:00,304 --> 00:23:03,444
guys be doing another fantasy RV tour?

651
00:23:03,904 --> 00:23:05,365
And the answer to that is

652
00:23:05,769 --> 00:23:06,269
maybe.

653
00:23:06,809 --> 00:23:08,329
I can't believe we both said that at

654
00:23:08,329 --> 00:23:10,329
the same time. Yeah. I wasn't sure what

655
00:23:10,329 --> 00:23:12,170
you're gonna say. Yeah. Maybe. We don't know

656
00:23:12,170 --> 00:23:12,569
yet.

657
00:23:13,049 --> 00:23:15,130
We will probably look at some and talk

658
00:23:15,130 --> 00:23:16,269
with them, but,

659
00:23:17,210 --> 00:23:18,970
I guess if you ask us, do we

660
00:23:18,970 --> 00:23:19,950
recommend them,

661
00:23:20,315 --> 00:23:22,335
We can say we recommend them wholeheartedly.

662
00:23:23,434 --> 00:23:25,194
Will we be doing another one like we

663
00:23:25,194 --> 00:23:27,035
did this, opening it up to our supporters?

664
00:23:27,035 --> 00:23:28,394
I think it's sold out in a day,

665
00:23:28,394 --> 00:23:29,934
day and a half, something like that.

666
00:23:30,954 --> 00:23:33,515
I don't know. They they're booking out well

667
00:23:33,515 --> 00:23:34,414
into 2026,

668
00:23:35,930 --> 00:23:38,170
and, and that's a long time out. But,

669
00:23:38,809 --> 00:23:40,009
they have some great tours.

670
00:23:40,569 --> 00:23:42,650
And we'll we're gonna think about it. We're

671
00:23:42,650 --> 00:23:45,049
gonna give ourselves some time, some space away

672
00:23:45,049 --> 00:23:47,150
from this after we finish the edits, and

673
00:23:48,055 --> 00:23:49,414
we've got some other things we'll move on

674
00:23:49,414 --> 00:23:51,115
to. And then we'll we'll make a decision,

675
00:23:51,174 --> 00:23:53,575
but we'll let you know. So you got

676
00:23:53,575 --> 00:23:55,335
a question? We'd love to hear from you.

677
00:23:55,335 --> 00:23:55,835
Mikeandjen@rvlifestyle.com.

678
00:23:57,815 --> 00:23:59,994
And that is the podcast for this week.

679
00:24:00,779 --> 00:24:03,279
Wish us luck getting home, and, we'll,

680
00:24:03,740 --> 00:24:06,140
look forward to seeing you guys on Ask

681
00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:06,880
Us Anything,

682
00:24:07,340 --> 00:24:10,400
next Sunday night. See you then. Happy trails.