(A quick google gave me this info.)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/you-can-renew-your-passport-online-but-only-if-you-act-quickly/
It appears that this is a trial and temporary. And that one day at least they hit their daily quota in under two minutes!
Holey moley! We LOVED Iguazu Falls but spent about 24 hours there and that was plenty. We were on the Brazil side .
https://www.belmond.com/hotels/south-america/brazil/iguassu-falls/belmond-hotel-das-cataratas/
What did you do all that time?
And Buenos Aires is fantastic! I could return there regularly if it weren't so far away. The food - Italian and beef - is so, so good. Mmm.
When I'm dealing with a company I know nothing about I research them before giving them any money. Just google 'abc company reviews' is usually enough.
I find your criticism/judgment of TSA agents very, VERY offensive. Do you ever chat with them? Maybe pay them a compliment? It's a tough as hell job. I thank them every time. Sheesh.
Actually all of that, except for the plastic bag is compostable, so once garbage day comes around the food and paper go into the food/yard waste and the plastic bag will have to go in the regular trash 😞
Oh wow. We had friends who lived on a canal in the Keys and I'm guessing they didn't know that or weren't interested. Boy, I would have been. But we had a dinner of local shrimp, just boiled, that was huge and wonderful.
I didn't realize that scallops and oysters were regional in your part of the country. Here in the Pacific Northwest everything is (pretty much) available.
Maybe like us in the West. Dungeness crab has a 'season' and we don't take advantage of that more than once or twice a year. But we've become accustomed to freshly cooked - preferably by us - and that can be tough to find. But yum.