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PoindexterOglethorpe

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47. Oh, yes!

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 03:11 AM

Feb 2018

Several years ago I took the train from Lamy, NM (just south of Santa Fe where I live) to Portland, OR. I booked a sleeper car and it was the best trip ever. I arrived in Portland two days after I left New Mexico, quite rested and happy to start the Oregon part of that trip.

Right now I have a son living just outside of Washington, DC, and I plan to visit him this summer. I'm thinking of taking the train again. One part of me is practical and says that I can fly more cheaply and get there more quickly, and another part says "Oh, go for it! Take the train. Take three days. Enjoy the journey!" I am fortunate in that I am retired and while money matters, time doesn't. Still not sure what I'll do, but that train trip to Portland was so fantastic that I need to do it again, even if it is in the other direction.

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Passports for internal travel????? [View all] grumpyduck Feb 2018 OP

I'm old enuff to remember our national outrage rhat Soviets needed passes to travel town to town!! bobbieinok Feb 2018 #1

That is not this BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #69

Some states have not met standards in the REAL ID Act for issuing driver licenses. Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #2

You will need an alternative ID if you want to travel by plane or other travel that requires an ID Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #3

Anyone know if Nevada and Oklahoma have the real IDs? brush Feb 2018 #51

I don't know about Nevada, but Oklahoma does not. KatyaR Feb 2018 #59

Yup. No "real" ID, no flying. MineralMan Feb 2018 #4

Ouch, thanks. I forgot about this long ago, and Hortensis Feb 2018 #52

New Hampshire has the same issue JDC Feb 2018 #5

Okay, thanks all for bringing up the REAL ID law grumpyduck Feb 2018 #6

And in states that are Real ID compliant, often getting a driver's license renewal PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #7

My last renewal in GA for 'Real ID'... no big deal... CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #12

Apparently here in New Mexico the people at the DMV are being PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #17

In the military (USCG) in 1977 SonofDonald Feb 2018 #30

I hope that the military has moved beyond that. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #37

Unless you are woman who when married, changed your name csziggy Feb 2018 #20

Yep. Divorced and remarried and then moved to another state. kcr Feb 2018 #22

Right now I am wondering if I need a copy of my marriage certificate csziggy Feb 2018 #23

Not sure, but the passport application isn't as ridiculous as far as the documents required. kcr Feb 2018 #24

If you never changed your name, your marital status is PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #43

I sometimes get mail addressed to {myfirstname} {wife'slastname} MineralMan Feb 2018 #67

That's amusing. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #68

That's why I am not too worried about the marriage certificate csziggy Feb 2018 #72

The Way Things Are RobinA Feb 2018 #70

Especially how much people move around today csziggy Feb 2018 #73

yes true, and theybwere'nt going to allow my laminated original birth certification OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #36

I honestly don't understand why any woman in the past 40 years or so PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #38

Oh Poindexter ! nocalflea Feb 2018 #53

I got married in1980. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #55

I agree it's a personal decision. nocalflea Feb 2018 #60

I've been married 5 times since 1970. None of my wives changed their name. The_jackalope Feb 2018 #61

lololol Exotica Feb 2018 #62

HA HA ! Good one. Same with my 2 wives.. One at a time, of course.. pangaia Feb 2018 #74

I know - I married in 1977 and it was a battle csziggy Feb 2018 #65

It can be a problem showing residency for some sarah FAILIN Feb 2018 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Jake Stern Feb 2018 #35

I don't think a PO Box will show an actual address. It will only show the PO Box PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #39

We have to actually install a mail receptacle at our home first. sarah FAILIN Feb 2018 #58

And there are lots of people in her shoes. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #66

If you are a woman who has taken a married name, it is much more difficult and requires a marriage Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #78

So you have no personal experience just what others say? GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #64

The "deadline" keeps getting pushed back Major Nikon Feb 2018 #8

You need a drivers license or passport to get on a plane. AJT Feb 2018 #33

Not according to the TSA Major Nikon Feb 2018 #34

I saw signs at Ohio and Georgia about this when I traveled in August of last year. You Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #79

Does anyone know if the passport card will suffice? TomSlick Feb 2018 #9

It should. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #18

Yes. I've used it as my ID at the TSA checkpoint. NutmegYankee Feb 2018 #25

A word of advice from my many travel experiences PJMcK Feb 2018 #10

Good advice, but... Major Nikon Feb 2018 #13

We lost that war when we declared it PJMcK Feb 2018 #14

There's all sorts of tricks to get through security efficiently Major Nikon Feb 2018 #16

The trick I mostly use for airport security PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #19

TSA has pre-check available for an extra expense Major Nikon Feb 2018 #21

Ive had tsa pre oir a few years, was never finger printed. pangaia Feb 2018 #26

Just got mine renewed last year Major Nikon Feb 2018 #27

Humm... pangaia Feb 2018 #29

For me the extra expense is the cost of the first class ticket. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #40

First class doesn't get you through the security line any faster Major Nikon Feb 2018 #44

My, admittedly very limited, experience has been that it does. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #46

I love the train Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #45

Oh, yes! PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #47

You buy a first calss ticket? Are u kidding? pangaia Feb 2018 #28

This is what I do. herding cats Feb 2018 #31

I have it also and I'm not sure most would find it of much use Major Nikon Feb 2018 #41

I've only flown out of DFW 2x and yeah, also remember seeing short pangaia Feb 2018 #75

I'm not willing to tell them all about myself. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #48

I Used To Feel RobinA Feb 2018 #71

Plus, "they" have all that info anyway. LOL... pangaia Feb 2018 #82

Hope my previous reply didn't sound to.. um.. snooty. I CAN be snooty. LOL pangaia Feb 2018 #80

this is what I do and how I behave Skittles Feb 2018 #54

It's a Real ID requirement lithiumbomb Feb 2018 #11

The passport card is wonderful. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #49

Washington State has enhanced driver's licenses. It's the standard license which won't work. icymist Feb 2018 #15

TSA does vary their protocol Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #42

Help me out here. What is PP and FF? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #50

A guess: PassPort, Frequent Flyer. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #56

Thank goodness it means PassPort Orange Free State Feb 2018 #76

I rarely leave here - raven mad Feb 2018 #57

well heaven05 Feb 2018 #63

Yes I saw the airport notifications for it. This is because those states refused to do the new Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #77

Just to clarify: yallerdawg Feb 2018 #81