Six Mexicans and a Canadian

Some friends and I hit the road for the beach a couple weeks back. It is not uncommon to get pulled over by the police here for no apparent reason. I have been pulled over a half dozen times at least, and never for any reason. Anyway, my friend Emily was driving six of us teachers in the lovely big, blue teacher van. Nothing is more suspicious than seven teachers packed into one van, so we got pulled over. The officer checked all the documents and asked to see our passports. We explained we were residents and that we all have residency cards. He went on about our lack of passports and then scrutinized Emily's New Mexico divers license. A slight misreading of the license led him to understand that Emily was Mexican. He went on to ask if we were all Mexicans. I only heard part of the question and yelled to Emily that one of the teachers is Canadian. Emily relayed the message and told him that no, one of us is Canadian. We forgot to mention that all the rest of us were from the U.S. The police officer left believing that even though our Spanish is not quite fluent and we look and dress like Americans, that six Mexicans and a Canadian were on their way to the beach that day.

We arrived

Later we ditched the van for a more Nica style of transportation.

We like to call it the how many people can you fit into the back of a truck

It is always an adventure here!