Crossing the Street

Where we live our kids just don't get much practice with something as basic as "crossing the street". Just about the only time the kids have to deal with traffic, think about safety, yield to moving vehicles etc is when we go to the grocery store. Then we might have to watch out for a Range Rover driver talking on a cell phone cruising through the parking lot looking for premium parking that doesn't exist. Here, every moment that we spend out of our home we are on traffic alert. It's not that it's all that busy but it comes up on you faster, from many directions with less consideration for the pedestrian. Holding hands, walking in a single line, head on a swivel, listening, anticipating, reacting. Sidewalks don't always exist or are all that easy to navigate here. The kids don't quite have it down but they are learning very, very quickly. Trace seems to be more aware than Alex for some reason but they will both speak up to let all of us know what they see or hear coming. Anyway, valuable skills I hope the kids never ever forget 'cause I've seen some really idiot tourists that STILL don't have the smarts to cross the street and they just may not last very long down here. Ozzy