“Why does that sign say, ‘Welcome to Canada’?” It was August of 2017 and we were on our first vacation ever, in Niagara Falls. We had been to the Canadian side of the falls the day before, and we were driving to the New York side to see the Cave of the Winds (A tour where you get to walk in Niagara Falls and see it up close). We were in a long line of traffic, and my mom was looking at her GPS as my grandma drove.
“In a half a mile, take the second exit.” The GPS said in a monotone voice. My grandma started to switch lanes as she took the exit.
“Why does that sign say, ‘Welcome to Canada’?” My mom laughed nervously. “Mom! We’re going to Canada! Turn around!” She shouted.
“I can’t just take a U-turn in the middle of the highway!” My grandma …show more content…
The phrase: ‘Three undocumented minors’. My siblings and I didn’t understand why that was so important.
“We were just here yesterday, but we left our passports at the hotel when we left today, we didn’t know we’d in this situation!”
“Wait, you were here yesterday? That changes everything!” He exclaimed, “You’re all probably still in the system, if I can find your passports, then you guys will be off the hoo-” Suddenly, a loud alarm went off, startling the police officer. He ushered us out of the building, along with the others that were there. We sat for around ten minutes, while the fire alarm kept blaring. We were afraid that we did something wrong, yet at the same time, we were thinking about how great of a story this would make once we got home, Finally, it shut off and we went back inside.
“That’s never happened before!” The officer laughed as we walked back to his desk, “It was a fire alarm test. It won’t take me long to find your information in the system, you guys just need to hang tight for a second.” He typed our names into the computer and waited for a minute while it loaded. “Okay, here we go, he walked over to his printer and grabbed five pieces of paper. “Here you go, these papers have your passport numbers on them.” He said, giving my mom the
“In a half a mile, take the second exit.” The GPS said in a monotone voice. My grandma started to switch lanes as she took the exit.
“Why does that sign say, ‘Welcome to Canada’?” My mom laughed nervously. “Mom! We’re going to Canada! Turn around!” She shouted.
“I can’t just take a U-turn in the middle of the highway!” My grandma …show more content…
The phrase: ‘Three undocumented minors’. My siblings and I didn’t understand why that was so important.
“We were just here yesterday, but we left our passports at the hotel when we left today, we didn’t know we’d in this situation!”
“Wait, you were here yesterday? That changes everything!” He exclaimed, “You’re all probably still in the system, if I can find your passports, then you guys will be off the hoo-” Suddenly, a loud alarm went off, startling the police officer. He ushered us out of the building, along with the others that were there. We sat for around ten minutes, while the fire alarm kept blaring. We were afraid that we did something wrong, yet at the same time, we were thinking about how great of a story this would make once we got home, Finally, it shut off and we went back inside.
“That’s never happened before!” The officer laughed as we walked back to his desk, “It was a fire alarm test. It won’t take me long to find your information in the system, you guys just need to hang tight for a second.” He typed our names into the computer and waited for a minute while it loaded. “Okay, here we go, he walked over to his printer and grabbed five pieces of paper. “Here you go, these papers have your passport numbers on them.” He said, giving my mom the