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Our Christmas Eve dinner featured fire-grilled frog. I have never cared for frog, but it was the best I have ever had. Our border crossing Christmas Day was one of the easiest I have ever had. We arrived at the booth with zero cars in front of us, and they quickly let us pass. It appears very easy to smuggle babies or toddlers into or out of the U.S. They did not check for to see if we had parental guardianship of my daughter. But they did check her passport. Photos of babies and toddlers in passports are not very good identification, if you ask me. We were able to get a 1 year vehicle permit/sticker on our car. I don't see any reason why a U.S. tourist could not do the same. Try to tell them you want a 180 day permit that expires within a year. Then when leaving Mexico, go back to customs before going to the bridge. They have a special drive thru lane with a little booth where they give you a computer print-out showing how many of the 180 days are remaining on your sticker. For anyone interested in coin collecting, Mexico has some coins I haven't seen before. This is certainly old news, but I just found out. There are 10 dollar coins ( 100 pesos ), and there are possibly 26 or more different versions of the coin. Most feature symbols of a a particular state. Others feature cultural symbols. They are about the size of a U.S. Silver dollar. They are beautiful coins. In addition to that, they have a 100 dollar bill ( the 1000 peso ). The rest of my road-trip was un-eventful. However, traveling with a toddler on a long drive is not my idea of a vacation, especially with another grumpy passenger free-loading off of you. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
