Well bigcreek, you were wise to chomp down hard on your tongue....I've run into a couple nasty attitudes at the border as well. Sure is frustrating that the best course of action is to keep quiet.
Here's a funny one a friend of mine from Newfoundland told me. Years ago, before Nfld was officially part of Canada, he was headed to the States with his fiancee and her parents. At the border, he thought he'd get a laugh out of the officer by saying "I'm not from Canada, and I'm not from the U.S...I don't know where I'm really from". Needless to say it was a long ride the rest of the way getting reamed out by his father-inlaw to be
I'd love to hear a bit more about what you caught at Fireside Lodge....was just checking their website out on the weekend actually.