WRITE ON! My American Border Experience

by Kayla Moser, English 7, Mrs. Didrikson

One warm summer day when I was about four years old, my dad decided we all needed to get Nexus Cards to cross the Canadian/American Border. We had to make an appointment and had to have a personal interview at the Warroad Customs Office. I went with my dad, my brother, and my sister. My mom didn't come because there was no need for her to get a Nexus Card, because she already had a passport.

After school we drove to Warroad to do our interview. The agent said it should take no longer than a half hour, but with my four year old brain I had something els...