I Got Mine!

As one of the great philosophers of the 20th century once said, "I got mine, don't worry bout his". Of course you all know that was said by the late, great Godfather of soul, James Brown. I'll borrow it to tell you we made a trip to the Mexican Consulate in Sacramento to secure our tourist cards and car permits. On our last trip for the Chihuahua Express, because of a new trailer, it became a mini-marathon to get our paperwork. We had everything in order, but the Mexicans aren't too keen on temporary registrations, they want to see some good ol' metal license plates! This time we decided to try for the permits here, the upside being that they speak English.

We got up early and gassed it to be there by 8am when they opened. First thing is the tourist card, all good, no lines, I'd even made copys of our drivers licenses and credit cards like they wanted. Unfortunately, at 5:45 am, I wasn't at my sharpest, and left Rick's VISA in the copier! D'OH, you idiot!! For the car permits, the bond has to be in the name of the registered owner. Kindly, our clerk let this pass, mostly because we had to wait an extra three hours for her supervisor to call back about the Chevy's VIN number not being long enough. That was almost a fumble but, all's well that ends well and we came home with the goods.

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