Travelin' Bug Bites Again!

Remember the old saying that if your foot itches, you will soon go on a journey? Well, somebody must have put powder in our shoes, because Jennifer and I are both wanting to take another trip. We loved our trip to Florida in June and last year's travels to Vermont (again). But we must have bigger aspirations, because we finally applied for our passports.

A postcard came in the mail, advertising a passport fair on the weekend, where the post office would accept applications and take pictures. They usually do this anyway, but only for a few hours on Saturday morning. This time, though, they had full facilities available all day, so we braved what we knew would be a bigger than usual crowd and went in.

As it turned out, the crowd was not as big as we imagined: only about an hour's wait. So after showing our birth certificates, driver's licenses, and taking a couple of mug shots, we paid the fee and started the process. We were told that everything should be done by early December, which means if we really wanted to spend Christmas in London or Paris, we could.

It may be a while before we actually use them for foreign travel, but the point is to have them, then all we have to do is save a little money and we really can go anywhere. It's pretty exciting to be able to join the ranks of the world travelers.