No Wall 

We must do everything possible to stop 45 from thinking about building the wall. If there is a wall it might prevent Americans from being able to come into Mexico and that would be a shame. The people here could not be more lovely and are very kind about not bringing up that man in Washington, even in the face of his racism.
If 45’s son’s who are now running the empire wanted to hire the best people they would include the Mexican people we have met here. Why would 45 want to build a wall and keep out the best workers. On the other hand why would any of the people here want to leave? The weather is fabulous, the food is yummy and the culture is strong.
Of course no place is perfect. The peso is weak against the dollar right now and the government is, well the government. But there are a few things they have here that we don’t have at home, one being cenotes. Centones are underground caves filled with water. They are limestone so the water in them is so clean because it has seeped through the rocks to get to the cave. Today we took Carter for her first cenote experience. There are literally hundreds of them so I found one that was off the main road. It was very quiet and even though the property was huge with four open cenotes, and one enclosed underground cave we hardly saw another tourist there. We had what turned out to be a private tour of the enclosed cave where we got to float through the caverns being careful not to touch the stalactites coming down from the ceiling. Our tour guide Miguel could not have been nicer. It was a very fun day off campus.
Another thing they have here that we don’t have at home is “purse trees” to hold your bags at restaurants. I have seen them everywhere we go and they range from the industrial to the artistic. A favorite was this tree branch “purse holder” we had at our dinner spot last night. Why has this idea not crossed the boarder? The wall will not help spread these good ideas north.
Now we can’t import cenotes, but we can make “purse trees.” If you gave me a couple of more weeks down here I am sure I could find other things Mexicans do better than we do, well besides making tortillas and guacamole. We already knew they were superior in that.