Desert Turtles
Wahampa NM
photo by N. Heller

April 12, 2003         

Hope this postcard finds you well.  Our road trip proceeds magnificently.

What is it about lemonade bought from a roadside stand that makes it taste like no other beverage?  Is it the youthful exuberance the young entrepreneur puts into their product?  The brash capitalistic fervor from taking seven cents worth of materials and charging fifty cents, while making with the eyes that almost guarantee a "keep the change kid" from the dollar proffered? The sweet taste unadulterated by preservatives and corn-derived sweeteners?

What...huh...oh, it's a margarita?  Ah, that explains it!

E.