I haven't posted anything in a while. So now, for your enjoyment, I bring you: TRUE STORY FILLER!
Once, while I was in New Mexico, I was hitch-hiking to Cimarron and was picked up by a Mexican family in a jalopy. The mother and father were in the front seat and I sat in the back with their daughter, who was maybe 5 and stared at me the entire way with those large amazed eyes that little kids get when staring at strangers riding in their car. The mother was the only one who could speak English, but not very well, so our conversation was limited. I made a couple faces at the girl to try to make her laugh, but she just kept staring at me. I was strangely comfortable, though, and the trip went by rather quickly. On the way back I was picked up by two girls before I even stuck my thumb out. If I end up in NM this summer I plan to pick up every hitch hiker I see.
