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Boston University 2011-2012: Part The Sixth

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mookie1995 said:
careful what you wish for.... was it 07 that we drove to grand rapids?? left work a little early and drove the family to niagara falls (though now the kids don't have passports so we wouldn't be able to cut through canada). got up the next morning and finished the drive in time to see notre dame and huntsville play something like 6 ot's. then bu came out and ryan weston scored to give the boys a lead over sparty... only to lose. all the extra time in the rink meant that i had two sleeping boys. the next morning we went out for breakfasts and passed the bu bus getting ready to go home with guys grabbing food for the trip. the kids waved to jlo and curry... we stayed and watched sparty advance.. then got up and made the drive back home on sunday.
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Actually, Mookie, if you drive, the kids don't need passports. I forget the details, but we drove to Canada through Niagara last summer, did the research ahead of time, and did not need to get them passports.
 
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defkit said:
Actually, Mookie, if you drive, the kids don't need passports. I forget the details, but we drove to Canada through Niagara last summer, did the research ahead of time, and did not need to get them passports.
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realllllllllllly? that is good to know
 
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Support The Boston Hockey Blog. The fine young folks who bring us a live blog for every game need our help to get to St. Paul. You can make a contribution from their main page by clicking on the PayPal link in the upper right at http://www.thebostonhockeyblog.com/
Arielle, Kevin and Scott make sure at least two of them are at every game at their own expense to keep us updated even if we cannot be there... and while we are there. Keep the Live game blog alive

Matawanakee aka Island Girl
 
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Matawanakee said:
Support The Boston Hockey Blog. The fine young folks who bring us a live blog for every game need our help to get to St. Paul. You can make a contribution from their main page by clicking on the PayPal link in the upper right at http://www.thebostonhockeyblog.com/
Arielle, Kevin and Scott make sure at least two of them are at every game at their own expense to keep us updated even if we cannot be there... and while we are there. Keep the Live game blog alive

Matawanakee aka Island Girl
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I (Scott) am not with BHB any more, as I graduated last year. Annie is the third member you're looking for. But yes, people should consider donating if they can.
 
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defkit said:
Actually, Mookie, if you drive, the kids don't need passports. I forget the details, but we drove to Canada through Niagara last summer, did the research ahead of time, and did not need to get them passports.
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Are you sure? Last time I drove to Canada we had to go through customs and needed to show passports both ways. I don't know if it makes a difference but it was a Vermont-Quebec border crossing.
 
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KnightsOfTheRound said:
Are you sure? Last time I drove to Canada we had to go through customs and needed to show passports both ways. I don't know if it makes a difference but it was a Vermont-Quebec border crossing.
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The wife and I needed passports, but our kids did not. I'm pretty sure the state/province did not enter into the equation. There is definitely some misinformation out there - even AAA first told us the kids would need them, but when we looked a the government websites for both US and Canada, we found that they did not. Helped save a couple hundred dollars! So I'm 100% sure they didn't need them, not exactly sure what the specific rules were (age, number of days staying in Canada, etc.).
 
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worst case, you leave the kids at the crossing and pick them up on the way back. kids need to develop some self-sufficiency anyway, you accomplish that and get to watch hockey...if ever there was a win-win, this would be it.
 
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defkit said:
The wife and I needed passports, but our kids did not. I'm pretty sure the state/province did not enter into the equation. There is definitely some misinformation out there - even AAA first told us the kids would need them, but when we looked a the government websites for both US and Canada, we found that they did not. Helped save a couple hundred dollars! So I'm 100% sure they didn't need them, not exactly sure what the specific rules were (age, number of days staying in Canada, etc.).
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They do need a certified birth certificate.
 
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Federal League said:
I (Scott) am not with BHB any more, as I graduated last year. Annie is the third member you're looking for. But yes, people should consider donating if they can.
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Oops... sorry Annie. I have read the Live Blog from section 114 at Agganis to St. John VI. We just can't get enough! Come on folks, only $200 so far... if 100 people donate $18, they kids are there!

:)
 
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Matawanakee said:
Oops... sorry Annie. I have read the Live Blog from section 114 at Agganis to St. John VI. We just can't get enough! Come on folks, only $200 so far... if 100 people donate $18, they kids are there!

:)
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I believe their widget actually broke and reset once they already had a little over $500, so really they are at $700.

Third of the way there. Livin' on a prayer?
 
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Agganis said:
I believe their widget actually broke and reset once they already had a little over $500, so really they are at $700.

Third of the way there. Livin' on a prayer?
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Hope everyone is helping them out!
 
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Agganis said:
I believe their widget actually broke and reset once they already had a little over $500, so really they are at $700.

Third of the way there. Livin' on a prayer?
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It says $380 now. :confused:
 
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Brian Gentry said:
It says $380 now. :confused:
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Asked them. They said the original price they needed to afford the trip was $2500. Widget reset once they had already collected $500 and they couldn't fix that so to account for that they dropped the goal by $500.

Widget says $530 out of $2,000 now, so in actuality they have $1,030 out of $2,500.

That's way cheaper than a bus for 51 kids! (Dammit, said bus again)
 
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2000 seems a lot for 3 people two nights...

i am spending $5 on airfare and hotel.
 
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mookie1995 said:
2000 seems a lot for 3 people two nights...

i am spending $5 on airfare and hotel.
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They are getting in Thursday as there are media things Friday AM.

Don't know when they are flying out but I'm staying over Sunday night and leaving Monday AM as that is easier on the free miles, so they could easily be doing 4 nights. Cheapest round trip flight I saw was $475, so that's $1,500 as well.
 
Agganis said:
They are getting in Thursday as there are media things Friday AM.

Don't know when they are flying out but I'm staying over Sunday night and leaving Monday AM as that is easier on the free miles, so they could easily be doing 4 nights. Cheapest round trip flight I saw was $475, so that's $1,500 as well.
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I'm going up sat morning and coming back Monday morning. Was just going to cab to the rink both days without a car, but will probably golf Sunday morning which means rental car... So I'll add $55 to the $5 cost. Oh well
 
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Are there enough BU fans making the trip that we should pick a bar to frequent Saturday evening? (Never been to Minn so I would not be the bar decidor.)
 
Agganis said:
Are there enough BU fans making the trip that we should pick a bar to frequent Saturday evening? (Never been to Minn so I would not be the bar decidor.)
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When you leave the rink there is a street west (with the holiday inn on the right (north). Down that street there are tons of bars. After the frozen four we ended up at this hockey bar with the locals..
 
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