Puerto Rican driving tips and other things

Goober just greeted me with happy pants, a wagging tail, and affectionate jumps. Sometimes he's the most annoying thing on the planet but you can't help but love him. He's such a people dog. (Some people could learn a lot from him, couldn't they, Ben?)

Now that I've calmed down quite a bit about the flight into Puerto Rico, guess what the missionary has sent us as far as driving in Puerto Rico:

"In Puerto Rico, the GREEN light means 'GO', the AMBER light means 'HURRY, HURRY', and the RED light means, 'FOUR MORE, FOUR MORE.' So when you get the GREEN light, ALWAYS ALWAYS, ALWAYS ASSUME that there will be at least three more cars flying past so ALWAYS look real good to your left and right before proceeding. This is NO joke!!!

"Also, don't be concerned with cars driving on the shoulders, cars cutting you off quickly without warning, turning left in front of you as they pull up past you on the right lane next to you, or any other amazingly idiotic antic known to man. Driving in PR has been called, 'Controlled Chaos.' As one person commented, 'In England they drive on the left hand side of the road, in America they drive on the right hand side of the road and in PR they drive wherever there's shade.' Everyone wants to be first and that means bumper-to-bumper traffic jams..."

Add to this assorted livestock that wander into the roadway and I think we'll have an interesting nighttime drive from San Juan to Mayaguez.

I doubt I'll get to blog from now until I arrive back home and come to once again; that should happen somewhere around the 31 of July. (I'll be home on the 16th of June; the "coming to" part is what I'm concerned about.) I'm planning to keep a journal while I'm there, so I'll catch up with my blogging at that time. =)