border visit february 2, 2020

Sunday February 2nd, 2020.   Afternoon at Roxham Road, USA. 
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A fairly mild winter day.  Today a total of 11 people crossed into Canada: 8 adults (5 men and three women) and three children. 

At 4pm a taxi brought a mother and child (about 6 years old) who spoke French and gratefully  took gloves and hats.  

Then within about 15 minutes, four taxis arrived one after the other.  The first taxi brought a man from Sri Lanka who took gloves and a hat and  two English speaking men who did not want to talk with us or take anything. 

The second taxi brought a mother and daughter from Lebanon. They had been able to speak with the taxi driver in Arabic and so were prepared and relaxed. They took gloves.  Next a taxi brought a man who spoke neither French nor English and did not need anything from us. Finally, the last taxi arrived with a Spanish speaking family (from Latin America) comprised of a mother, father and an older son. They were friendly but did not need any warm things. 

The RCMP officers behaved appropriately and also allowed taxi drivers to help passengers with their suitcases.