July 15, 2009. This is the day that we all fly to Bisley for the Imperial matches followed by the World Championships.

I live about 20 miles south of the Canadian border and it was easier and cheaper for me to fly from Vancouver to London/Heathrow, than from Seattle. The only issue would be that I would have to clear Canadian Customs for the firearm. Not to worry - downloaded all the forms off their web site and left myself several extra hours in case there was an issue. Declared the weapon upon pulling up to the border, was sent in and took lees than 30 minutes to get the gun registered and the $25 fee paid.

Checking in at the Vancouver airport was equally smooth even though I had 6 large, hard cases to check in. It was a relief to be left with my two carry on items. Plane was off on time.