your corect, its a us law, no mater what your citizenship, to enter or reenter the states you need a passport.  pain in the butt, however, it is what it is.

		ronhartsell wrote:
		I must state for the record (as to NOT slight my good friends that live in Canada) that while I was in Detroit several months back, I DID plan to cross the border and check out a casino or two, but I discovered that you now need a passport, which I do not have.  A State ID would have gotten me in on the shuttle, but I would have had problems coming back, so I didn't risk it as I was there for business, not pleasure...      lalouve wrote: yeah, so many countres to see yet. I've seen quite a few places, but still want to see more too. I love discovering new places and people, learning about their way of life      ronhartsell wrote: Switzerland, Egypt, Austrailia, Europe...are among the many places I would love to see someday...I live in the States and have never even been to Canada!!  I have stepped foot in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Phillipines and South Korea, but that's it...there's plenty I'd like to see here in the States as well like New York, Boston, Florida, Vegas, New Orleans (Mardi Gras), Atlanta...one day!!!      lalouve wrote: well then, come to Switzerland, we'll put that clock back into shape  We're not just a chocolate country, remember ?      ronhartsell wrote: It's not me, dear M, it's my body clock, it doesn't know when my off days are, I seem to wake up roughly around the same time every day regardless!!!!      lalouve wrote: what are you doing up so early on a day off ??? goodness me........ Morpheus didn't want to stay ? lol      ronhartsell wrote: Well fellow Metalheads, I see I'm waking up early on my day off in time to catch a ride on the snot/phlegm super highway...yummy!!! a Hot Toddy is what's needed to cast the evil leaks away...I think Necro hit it with the whiskey, lemon and tea served hot!!  It's what my Dad use to do (then again while we we're teething babies he'd rub said whiskey on our gums!!)...but it worked!!