Passports and All That

I have been writing about passports lately because I found a site that will expedite passports and VISA's at a fairly reasonable rate.

I know of people who don't really believe in passports. I think that comes from being in this world for a longish amount of time. I know that one day, I was in southern California with my wife (who is not writing this blog). We decided to go into Mexico to get something to eat. We parked the car, took the kids out and put some of them in strollers and walked across the border.

I don't know if I needed ID to cross into Mexico. I do know the children didn't. Getting back was the same. LaFonda and I probably showed our ID to the border patrol and said, "These are our girls." That was all that was needed in the '80s.

Since then, we have had plenty of people attempting to blow up airplanes, and have been successful in attacking us when they destroyed two very large buildings full of people in the middle of New Your city. Our days of trusting is over. The innocence of traveling between countries has gone -- even between us and our close neighbors, Canada and Mexico.

When we leave our country and don't have proper identification, we may be able to get back. If we can, it may be easy or it may be difficult and expensive. But, if we have the proper identification, there will not be a problem coming back home from just a little jaunt over the border.

My most recent articles on this are found here:
Who Needs a Passport Ezine article
Do I Need a Passport Squidoo article
Passports Online Squidoo article