Yesterday I lost my wallet.
I was a block away from my house decided to change out of my shorts. I put my wallet on top of my car, forgot about it and drove off. 10 minutes later I recognized my mistake. Went back, no wallet. It took me 4 hours to change credit cards, debit card, checking account. luckily I've been at the same bank for 15 years, so they bent the rules and let me start a new account without ID and take out some cash, and gave me a few checks to use. Otherwise they would have required a birth certificate. Nor easy to get out of state. The driver license folks accepted a 20 year old license as ID. So I got a new ID. All of the plastic cards are gonna take 1-2 weeks to get to me. I also lost the $50 in my wallet.
But my main point is how much worse this situation would be if I was on the trail out of state.
Maybe we should take a copy of our birth certificate in case we lose our ID.