Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Honor System

At the Boquillas Canyon Overlook there are rocks decorated with
painted sticks and simple animal figures. We wondered if we had
stumbled onto some secret Tarahumara ritual offering. It was rather an
offering of souvenirs to benefit the small school on the Mexican side.
Presumably the vendors sneak across the river (illegally of course),
place the wares, and depend on the honesty of park visitors to put
payment in a can. The rangers surely know about this and turn a
charitably blind eye. No need to trouble the Border Patrol about it.

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