On this trip to WCPP, I passed through the U.S. Customs entry/exit to Canada at Pembia North Dakota (on I-29 south of Winnipeg).  On the way in, it was smooth sailing (of course) and took less than 10 minutes (and a few questions) to be on my way.

On the return, on Thursday, I had the nearest thing to a strip search I've yet encountered.  Of course, with the extra screening it took maybe 25-30 minutes of waiting in line to reach the first screening point.  I answered the typical questions and was then directed to "Bay 2" for further inspection.  I waited another 10 minutes for the bay to clear of the previous occupant (this was like a drive through garage with doors at both ends).  Once I was directed to pull into the bay, I was asked to step out, face the stainless steel table and empty the contents of my pockets onto the table and turn my pockets out.  After an expection of the contents of my pockets with additional questions, I was escorted to a waiting room with "one way" glass.  I waited approximately 20 more minutes until I was excorted back to my vehicle and was permitted to continue on my journey.

I can only summize that the staff needed something to do.  As I pulled into the bay, my vehicle was surrounded by 8-10 customs agents!    There looked to be 6-8  such bays, but I couldn't tell if all were in operation ... but any way you cut it, that's a lot of people!  Commercial traffic had its own, independent, screening facility.

The good news was that the agents were friendly and courteous and the surroundings were very nice and clean.

dd