DRIVING OUR VAN TO CANADA (difficult border crossing)

It's it.

Oh, shoot.

Ooh, there is a hair.

Oh, wow. I'm looking rough. I've been trying to decide if the hat makes it better or that's just weird. If you missed yesterday's video, I've got some skin cancer cut out of my head. So that's what all this is about today. It feels like somebody hit me over the head with a hammer. Thankfully, Cara's powered through all the driving and we have made it to Columbus, Ohio. And it has rained all day.

Has not.

We were so close to making it to where we were going to stop, and they just shut down the entire road. Those are the trucks that shut us down. They pulled out three cars in front of us. We were so close to making it through. It's 10:30. I think they're building a bridge in front of us. How you doing?

I feel like I'm just kind of in a daze at this point. Guess I might as well go pee while our stuff.

That is one pro to living in a van. Why would you turn the light on?

I don't know.

Oh, my gosh.

We're going.

Get out of the bathroom. We're going.

Okay, I'm driving. I'm driving. Well, I had to. They only shut it down for like 20 minutes.

Oh, shoot.

16 hours ago, we left Nashville and drove all the way almost to the Canadian border, which has been closed to non essential travel for the last 16 months. But in August, we will be opening.

Non essential travel to Americans who've been fully vaccinated.

As long as you have a negative PCR COVID test within the last 72 hours. So yesterday after Nate's surgery, he had to go straight to the drive through pharmacy to get a swab stuck up.

His notes first drive through the COVID test.

Oh, you did good. I can't even see the swab anymore.

I made myself cry, so I think I did it right.

Let's make him cry.

Time for you to cry.

I've already had enough torture today though. I had my head cut open.

Nice.

I can see you crying.

Thank you.

That is the most fun COVID test I've had.

So PCR results take a little longer to get back and I just now got it in my email mail, but I've been a little nervous to click on it. If it is positive, it's gonna be a long drive home. I'm scared.

Oh, my gosh. Mine said some positive.

You're joking. Don't do that, Nate. You just made my heart hurt.

Negative.

Mine's negative too. We're going to Canada. We're going to Canada. Going to Canada. But right now I'm more excited about sleeping.

Ready for this?

No. But yes, I'm ready to get this thing off.

I've always wanted to be a nurse.

Oh, it feels so good.

This has to be a thousand times better than taking your bra off at the end of the day.

Are my eyebrows still level? Are they for real?

It actually looks like your head is tighter. I feel like I can really see it, like here.

Do I look five years younger now? No one will ever know what There's.

A bee.

This morning. We have about an hour drive to the largest waterfall in North America. Should be a great day.

Cheers. My head feeling normal again.

I just know I'm going to bang the top of my head on something in the van and it is going to hurt so bad.

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Oh my gosh.

You can see the mist.

That's so crazy. And it's not raining.

Well.

It just started raining again. The plan for today is to do the super touristy thing and get on the boat that takes us to the.

Falls where they give you a poncho and you get all wet.

Anyway, so, yeah, this is the perfect.

Day for it to rain.

Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

Can we get a ticket for two?

Sign there, please.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Oh, there you go.

You look like George Bush trying to put on a ponch.

Here we go.

Hey, right there at the front.

I'm ready.

I feel like I just walked onto the set of that old Jim Carrey movie. Why do you think I didn't get the anchor job? Hey, man, I don't want any problems. I don't want. I actually watched that scene last night when we were thinking about booking these tickets, and I was laughing so hard, it felt like the stitches in my head were ripping apart. I might have to figure something out here.

So the first ever voyage of the Maid of the mist was in 1846.

And 175 years later, they changed from.

The original steamboat to a fully electric catamaran. This boat that we're on right now is 100% electric and completely silent.

And you know how we like our silent boats.

They really drive you right into it. Niagara Falls is actually not just one waterfall. It consists of three falls. I think this is American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, and then Horseshoe Falls.

I expected it to be wet, but not this windy. Whatever you're seeing in the camera is about what I can see in real life right now. Esposho inside.

We are pretty much inside Niagara Falls right now. Wow. Look at that water.

I can't see it.

I can't see anything.

We're in the waterfall.

I can't open my eyes. What an experience. Niagara Falls. Nate did a lot more traveling than I did before we got married. This is the first time that we're doing something that I've done before and Nate hasn't. I came here with my family in, like, sixth grade and actually took the Maid of the Miss Boat. I don't remember it being this exciting, though.

How do I look?

That was great. Wow.

Am I so bad at wearing a bunch of.

This is crazy.

Oh, there's a rainbow. You see it?

Wow. All right. The fight continues when you buy a ticket to go on the ferry. You also get access to a hiking trail that goes right beside American Falls. And this might be wetter than the boat.

Yeah, it will be.

Wow. Everything over our body is wet.

Road tip. Don't wear tennis shoes.

I can't see anything.

All right.

I don't know if you can hear anything, but I read a lot of fun facts last night as we were driving, and I learned that water from four of the five Great Lakes flows over Niagara Falls. And 20% all of the U.S. treat you water flows over the falls.

I love the feeling, the power of the water. Like, we're literally in it.

All right, it is time to cross the border into Canada. Except on the way here, there was this sign over the road that said, you need a negative COVID test and some kind of form. Something that I had never heard of before. Oh, it's a nap.

Go, Canada.

Passport. Do you have your passport?

I have no idea.

Do you really not know where your passport is?

No.

I don't know where else to look.

What about the secret pocket in the back?

Oh, my gosh.

Is it the same? Your pocket?

How did I let you out of my sight? That is the most, like, frantic panic mode I think I've ever been in. So there's this secret pocket in my backpack, and I just changed backpacks for the first time in, like, four years. My old backpack, I always kept it in the top secret pocket. But my new backpack has this bottom secret pocket that I totally forgot about. Every time we're in the van, it lives in the safe. But since we went to Europe.

Still panicking. It was still. It was still still in my backpack from our Europe trip in June. And I almost didn't even bring that backpack on this trip. It didn't even cross my mind when we left Nashville that, like, we're going to a new country and I would need my passport.

That was crazy. Okay, let's go to Canada.

I have to finish filling out this form before we go to Canada.

Oh, yeah.

Yes. Upload proof of vaccination. What the heck? Just said we don't meet the requirements to come to Canada at this time.

Oh, that was dumb.

I'm going to bang the top of.

My head on something in the van. Let's try this again. All right, well, it's letting me continue now, so. Your receipt prior to boarding your flight.

Okay, we're gonna go to the border and see what happens.

Welcome to Canada.

Welcome to Canada.

Thank you.

We haven't technically made it over the border yet. Wow. This line is not moving at all.

Right.

Let the waiting begin.

Oh, look at the big Hershey kiss. There's the US Border. Nobody's trying to get in over there.

It's our turn. Oh, I'm so nervous.

Hello.

How's it going?

Where are you supposed to live?

In Tennessee. Here is hers, here is mine.

The purpose of your trip, Canon?

We're going to see friends.

Where?

Two hours east of Toronto.

How long are you coming in Toronto?

I think about a week.

Where are you going to be staying while you're here with our friends, not in the van.

Well, probably in the van at their place.

Been to Canada before?

We have.

Ever had issues coming to Canada before?

No.

What do you do for work in the United states?

We make YouTube videos.

Make YouTube videos. Any firearms? Any weapons? Do you own any firearms?

No.

No, sir.

Carry anything for protection? Pepper spray.

There have pepper spray And a knife.

Did you have pepper spray? All right, unlock the.

Sure.

Yep.

Are you guys gonna be working while.

You'Re here potentially shooting a video? Nothing's planned, though.

You guys do travel YouTube videos?

Yep.

Mom was watching me now that I really.

That's pretty cool.

Okay, so here's the thing. So what's going to happen is I'm going to refer you to secondary.

Hello.

How are you? How are you? Good.

You have some pepper spray?

Yes.

Where is it?

It's in the back.

Okay.

So apparently you can't bring pepper spray into Canada.

Hey, Siri, is pepper spray illegal in Canada? Pepper spray is considered a prohibited weapon. This says if you are caught in Canada or going into Canada at the Canadian border with pepper spray, you could be criminally charged, prosecuted, and if convicted, face potential jail time and a criminal.

What? We attempted to bring an illegal weapon into Canada. If you're new here, we've been to 100 countries, and the one time we had trouble was trying to cross from the US Into Canada. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much. Have a good day. I feel like I now have one strike against me in Canada.

Roll my nose up in the window.

I cannot believe that just happened. We're in Canada.

I get so nervous talking to officials like that. He's like, where are y' all from? And I'm like.

Tennessee.

Here we are. There's the van.

Oh, my gosh.

Wow. This feels weird.

This does feel weird. We've been here a million times and we're finally. Or, no, we've seen it a million times, but we're actually here.

We left Nashville 40 hours ago. Finally made it.

Hello.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm so happy right now.

Thanks for waking up.