[pct-l] Attention Thrulys - passports to re-enter the US

[Trekker4 at aol.com (Trekker4@aol.com)]

On AOL news, fresh this afternoon, is an  announcement that all US Citizens 
will be required to have a Passport to return  to the US. This will be "phased 
in" totally by 1 Jan 08, beginning with  returnees from the Caribbean, then 
Mexico and Canada.
    Those of you flop-flipping to Canada won't be  starting for a month or 
more; the process can take 1-2 months, as I recall. I'd  get started 
immediately! There will be a rush of people getting passports,  starting today. You 
probably won't need it this hike season, but I wouldn't  trust the Feds at all; 
they'll do everything they can, as fast as they can, to  become more 
Gestapo-like. I'm a Sectional, but I'll be starting the Passport  process on return from - 
God willing and the snow melts like hell - from  Tuolumne Meadows, even 
though I won't get to Canada until '07. 
 
Bob "Trekker"  
Big Bend Desert Denizen
(Naturalized Citizen, Republic of  Texas)