Canada

Today I disproved the theory that I am only suspicious to Canadian customs when traveling through alone with my children. Crossing the Ambassador Bridge this morning I got stopped and had to go in and sit in a waiting room for a while before they interviewed me. At least they didn't search my car this time. When all six of travelled to Waterton Lakes in Alberta in 2015 I made Cara drive across the border. She thought it was silly, but we didn't have to fill out any special forms or sit for interviews or have our car searched. We just went right through. I pretty girl is the least suspicious thing in the world.

But why, might you ask, did I travel to Canada this morning over the frozen river from the US? A race, of course! I managed to find a trail run this weekend so I extended my trip a little to run my first race in Canada. It'll be the fourth country I've run a race in, and the southernmost race I've done this year. I planned quite a bit more time in customs than I actually needed, so I'm doing a bit of work at the Starbucks before I head over to the racecourse.

Post race I'm sitting in a burger joint called Motor trying to figure out what to do with my afternoon.