Beach Blanket Stampede

Well, the burrito's not burning but the beach is! There are zillions of tourists here from all over Mexico and they are all at the grocery store right now! They are stocking up with supplies before hitting the beach and yesterday there was the usual traffic jam as hundreds of cars lined up to head North towards the public beaches. I'm a bit mystified concerning the concept of sitting in traffic with a car-load of kids, aunts, uncles, cousins and the requisite beach supplies and then fighting more crowds at the beach and calling it a vacation, but it's like this every year and I know we all have to make sacrifices...but at the cost to our own sanity? No wonder lots of beer is a mandatory picnic item! A Corona lobotomy and lots of snacks and we had a great time, didn't we? Now, we just have to fight the traffic back to Vallarta, and do it all again tomorrow.