My friends who I recently stayed with in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. are Canadian. This is a good time for Canadians to be visiting the U.S. since these days the Canadian dollar has an exchange rate to the U.S. dollar that is a vast improvement over what it used to be. U.S. gas prices being cheaper than in Canada make driving a great travel option. [see article]
Despite the travel woes when crossing borders, the border between Canada and the U.S. is not so cumbersome. Since driving to the U.S. doesn’t have the same travel restrictions as flying, you can load your car with gallons of shampoo if you want. No one will stop you. (Any of you flying in or out of the United States are restricted to enough shampoo to wash about half your hair–an exaggeration–a 3 ozs. bottle is allowed.)
According to David Sharp in the Associated Press article, Old Orchard Beach, Maine is a popular destination since it’s close to Quebec. I’ve been to Old Orchard Beach and its lovely. I can see the draw. Other popular destination states are New York, Florida, Washington, Michigan, California and Nevada. New York is the first pick.