# Need help crossing the border. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963 "2015-10-18T01:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/21 "2015-10-18T19:19:48Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I’ve crossed international borders by ferry (France/England and Korea/Japan). It should be possible to cross many borders by swimming. [Here’s](http://novastarcruises.com/) a ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/22 "2015-10-18T20:20:43Z")
My uncle crossed the St. Croix River border and back in a large wooden wash tub when he was a youngster. Some older kids put him in it and set him off in the current. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/23 "2015-10-18T21:07:46Z")
I hear catapult technology has improved since I last investigated it in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/24 "2015-10-18T23:28:18Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Earlier today I made a run for the border. > Literally - I ran over Rainbow Bridge at Niagra Falls. > I have now crossed international borders on foot & bike, both driven & as a passenger, flown (commercial airliner), by train & (cruise) ship. > > How should I make my next trip? > Please note that I can’t pogo stick & we took a hot-air balloon over the border a couple of times, but it was in the back of the truck, not flying. Get a pilot’s license and fly yourself across. I have piloted an airplane across the South Africa/Mozambique border as well as Mozambique/Malawi. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/25 "2015-10-19T01:20:35Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > **Ask the judges -** Is there a difference between…? I’d say you should be the sole judge. Who cares if some pedant says “Nuh, uhhh. You can’t count that ATV trip across the Alps – the tour bus you took last month is a 4-wheeled vehicle so you can’t count another one.” I say the more methods the merrier, and if you get to cross a border in a car, then an electric car, and later a flying car, go for it… and count 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/26 "2015-10-19T02:24:03Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Er, um, how about concealed in a car trunk? That’s different! If discovered, that would result in two trips across the border – one going across, and at some future date, one going back. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/27 "2015-10-19T18:33:20Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Shot out of a cannon? > Or, slightly more seriously, how about by parachute? That may actually be doable. > > Or a ski lift? I think you can do that in Europe. I did that! From Les Gets, France I took a ski lift up a mountain, down the backside, up the next and down into Switzerland. Plus I had the most awesome crepes somewhere in there! Hmmm. For my suggestion I say you go to Mexico and hire a “coyote” to get you back to America. bonus points if you have to crawl through a tunnel. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/28 "2015-10-19T19:22:12Z")
How about a [howdah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah)? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/29 "2015-10-19T19:24:25Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > [Here’s](http://novastarcruises.com/) a ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia. There’s also a ferry from Port Angeles WA (USA) to Victoria, BC (Canada) and the Victoria Clipper from Seattle to Victoria. ETA. Since you’re in Niagara Falls, maybe try to float over in a barrel. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/30 "2015-10-19T19:42:07Z")
In line skates Segway recumbent trike glider mule back of a squad car skis ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/31 "2015-10-19T19:55:44Z")
Is that you again, Randy Quaid? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/32 "2015-10-19T20:37:39Z")
Nothing says commitment like trebuchet. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/33 "2015-10-19T20:53:53Z")
Human-powered aircraft. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/34 "2015-10-19T20:59:49Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’ll bet there are places where you can cross the US-Canada border in a canoe. A friend was once canoeing in Lake of the Woods and a Canadian coast guard boat came up and told them they had crossed the border. Nowadays you would need a passport, but back then (probably 50 years ago) a driver’s licence would suffice. You could also wait till next summer and swim. There is a ferry from Wolfe Island (one of the Thousands Islands downriver from Toronto) to some place in Northern NY. I took it once. There is also a ferry between some place in ME and NS. There is a short bridge from Calais (pronounced Callas), ME to Stephenville (I think), NB which I have also crossed. You can take either a bus or train from Montreal across the border into NY. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/35 "2015-10-19T21:04:42Z")
Ive done that by Jetski but most likely will cross (uniquely for me) on a unregulated boarder on foot on the PCT. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/36 "2015-10-19T21:18:08Z")
Trojan Horse! ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-crossing-the-border/734963/37 "2015-10-19T22:00:01Z")
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