Hi guys,<br><br>This sounds excellent. I'd love to go but I know my own schedule will not permit it.<br><br>I wanted to let you know you can get a passport expedited and over nighted. Also there is a passport office in Chicago. I think if you go to the passport office and check it out, for an additional $100 you can get your passport in three weeks which is enough time. Alternatively, they will let you get one processed in person basically right away, but then they want proof that you are going. Typically, proof is an airplane ticket, so I don't know how that works when you are driving.<br>
<br>Check out the government's web page for passports (google it ;-) ). The US government has a new passport program with the Canadian government. You can get a "passport card". I think you can request a passport card and it will come much faster. Also, a passport card is much less expensive than a passport book. The passport card is an ID card that is equivalent to a US passport for traveling to and from the US and Canada, however, it is only good on ground transport (on foot, by car, or on a train), it can not be used to fly to and from Canada. Anyway if you want to go on this trip and are going to drive, then check out getting a US Passport card which is cheaper and maybe faster. Alternatively there is still time to get your US passport book, it can be expedited and over nighted for an extra $100, or you can get it in person in Chicago, but I don't know how that works because of having to prove your trip and you are going by car.<br>
<br>Just a thought on that anyway.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Peter<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Joshua McAdams <<a href="mailto:joshua.mcadams@gmail.com">joshua.mcadams@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Damian Conway is going to be in Toronto on July 16th. Right now<br>
airline ticket prices are in the $450 range, which sucks, but it's<br>
only an eight hour drive. If three more people want to go and will<br>
split the gas bill, then I'll investigate couching in Toronto and see<br>
if we can make it a trip by car. I think that you have to have a<br>
passport to get to Canada now, so if you don't have one, you are<br>
probably out of luck.<br>
<br>
Josh<br>
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