crossing the border

So, I went to Canada this week to visit a supplier.  We flew into Burlington, VT and drove into Magog, Quebec.  However, when I got to Chicago on the way to VT, I realized that I left my passport at home.  After a call to David, him taking my birth certificate, passport and social security card to my office and having them fax it to me at the supplier's plant in Plattsburgh, NY everything was back on schedule.  The Canadians didn't care, and coming home, the US border patrol didn't even look at my info.  WTF?  

Neat trip altogether, though.  We took a ferry across Lake Champlain to get to NY.  According to one of my travel companions, Lake Champlain is the largest lake in the north east...or something.  But, apparently there is awesome bass fishing there and they have big tournaments.