On 9 Nov 2004 13:14:11 -0800, booboodcat@aol.com (Lenny Fackler)
wrote:
>About 10 years ago there was some kind of agricultural checkpoint
>coming into California from Nevada. I don't remember what highway,
>but I was the only car for miles and the guy must have been bored. I
>told him I didn't have any plants, fruits, vegetables, etc. but he
>asked to look inside the car and I let him. I got busted with a bag
>of apples in my cooler that I had forgotten about. Maybe it was my
>polite demeanor or good looks or he just felt sorry for me, but he let
>me go with just a warning.
>Be careful out there.
The California checkpoints still exist, at least down near Yuna
and Blythe, but we're always waved through. It looks like some
trucks get inspected, though.
For more nefarious uses of California entry checkpoints, read
"The G.s of Wrath".
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