[pct-l] Passports required this year?

[montypct]

> But a passport might be a good alternative to trying to keep my birth
> certificate from getting lost or damaged.

Or a Birth Certificate might be the best way to keep your Passport from 
getting lost or dammaged.
I just got a passport.  Well over $100.  Plus, in the process, I had to 
order a copy of my birth certificate.  Seems a Hospital birth certificate, 
which I had, was not suitable for getting my passport.  I had to order a new 
birth certificate, a "legal" birth certificate, from the Illinois Department 
of Vital Statistics.  Directly from the state, I was able to buy one for 
$10-$15.
I'll take that across the border this year.  More expendable (and lighter) 
that my perfect condition passport.
Just mail it to Stehekin.

Monty

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Bryce" <sbryce at scottbryce.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Passports required this year?


> Paul Magnanti wrote:
>> Looks like the US Govt changed the standards yet again.. :)
>>
>> Still, a passport is probably easiest of all if you have the time.
>
> And the money.
>
> But a passport might be a good alternative to trying to keep my birth
> certificate from getting lost or damaged.
>
> It looks like there is a less expensive passport card that serves as a
> passport for people entering the US from Canada or Mexico. That would be
> a good way to go if one is not anticipating flying overseas in the near
> future.
>
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