I think I may have found a hyena... Keep your fingers crossed. I could be in sunny Canada any day now. Just to make sure I'm on good terms with the Canadians and the rest of the world, I've got a picture up at Sorry Everybody. I did the English and Japanese, and wintersweet helped me with the Canadian (that's the second line, for those of you who read neither Canadian nor Japanese). I'm really sorry, everybody. If it makes you feel any better, I don't think the Republicans used my name on any imaginary ballots.

I got another letter from my duck friends on their way to Puerto Vallarta.

Dear Miss Kitty,
Yellowknife got kind of old, so we decided to go a little bit farther south. You'll laugh, but since our AAA membership expired, we've had to find maps where we can. This time, we picked up an old CIA map at a thrift store. We tried navigating based on the location of the Chinese embassy. As you might guess, that didn't work out very well. We're pretty sure we're on the right path, but I think we'll stick around Bismarck for a little while. It's still rather chilly for Mexico, but we're used to it by now. We picked up a couple of very small down jackets at the thrift store before we left Yellowknife.

Accents are interesting. They sound almost American, but I suspect they are Quiche Mayan. I've read the Popol Vuh, and with any luck, I'll be able to see some of the old Mayan rituals before we leave Bismarck.

We're a little disturbed by recent events. We heard that Bush won the election, so we might spend an extended summer down here. Have you heard anything about election fraud this time? I've heard that almost 70% of the people around here are proud to have voted for Bush, and I can't imagine what kind of strange election law would allow the people of Bismarck, Mexico to vote in a United States election. We also sent a letter to National Public Radio, so if this takes over the news any time soon, remember you heard it from us first.

Still on our way to Puerto Vallarta, we are
Your friends,
Rocky and Genevieve