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Barbara the Beige The official page for Barbara the Beige Van. She is a 1988 Ford Econoline with a Get-A-Way home. Owners Colin and Candice.

Blueberry picking in Skagway with all of our wonderful friends was a highlight of last summer. I miss that.
22/09/2020

Blueberry picking in Skagway with all of our wonderful friends was a highlight of last summer. I miss that.

We are finally starting to empty the van to remodel!! Since we bought her last year, we’ve been researching and trying t...
18/09/2020

We are finally starting to empty the van to remodel!! Since we bought her last year, we’ve been researching and trying to figure out how much we really want to alter.

The last month has been incredible in Washington! Col and I have had tons of great family and outdoor time. We’ve been a...
17/09/2020

The last month has been incredible in Washington! Col and I have had tons of great family and outdoor time. We’ve been adjusting to being back in Washington, prepping to renovate the van and applying for jobs. It’s been a great balancing act. Enjoying the outdoors and getting things done. We spent a week hiking and swimming in glacial rivers at Mount Rainer. We were able to create a Covid safe weekend with friends from Alaska; it was filled with great food, hiking, picking lavender, campfires, exploring and learning the history of Port Townsend. Spent 2 weeks camping with my folks at the campground we’ve been going to for the last 25 years.

Canadian Customs: Getting through Canadian Customs was pretty tough. There are a lot of rules and regulations at the mom...
16/09/2020

Canadian Customs: Getting through Canadian Customs was pretty tough. There are a lot of rules and regulations at the moment, rightfully so. The first priority for Canadian Customs is to protect Canadian citizens, they were lenient with US citizens until people started taking advantage. ⁠
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We had to prove that our travels south were a necessity. This means we needed: ⁠
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🍁Passports (obvi)⁠
🍁Proof that we had housing (ie. mortgage documents, rental agreement, etc)⁠
🍁Proof that we had jobs, an interview that required us to be in person, or medical necessity (we needed multiple emails documenting these plus special confirmation emails)⁠
🍁Proof that we would not interact with Canadians (the van was essential for this. We might not have been allowed to drive through without her) ⁠
🍁We were interviewed for over an hour, assigned a specific route to drive, given 3 days (they were super nice and extended it to 4 because we have an old ass van), given certificates with temporary I.D. numbers, tags for our cars to indicate to others that we were passing through ⁠
🍁Canadian officials called us multiple times a day for every day that we were in Canada to see where we were and where we had stopped/stayed etc. If we were caught/reported even 5 miles from the designated route, we would be given a hefty fine. ⁠
🍁We had to return all documentation given to us upon entering Canada to the Canadian Customs officials upon leaving Canada by a specific date and time. ⁠
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I understand that this is a lot and to some it might seem excessive but it’s all boiling down to protecting their citizens and making sure that we are taking their safety seriously. Too many US citizens have taken advantage and caused unnecessary harm do to their negligence. Col and I had a lot of hoops to jump through just to get to the lower 48, which all took a lot of time and energy. Yes it was a pain in the ass but we understand. ⁠

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