Brutal is how a Thunder Bay resident describes driving back from Arizona with his wife during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keith Scott tells us other than the Interstate Highways being busy and gas stations open, there was nothing available.
“In terms of the commercial operation and retail in most communities, we would drive through small town rural America, and you drive down the main street at noon on Friday, or Wednesday afternoon, and there wasn’t a soul,” notes the local man.
He also recalls what was going through their mind heading to the Canadian border.
“We heard rumours they were going to aim a heat gun at your forehead to check your temperature, and you had to be able to hold your breath for 15 seconds without coughing at the end of that, but none of that was administered to us,” recalls the Thunder Bay man.
He adds they are now in self-isolation after crossing the border without problem at 3:30 in the morning.
