Dear Mom and family, you'll never believe what language Mary Anne learned before we headed for New Mexico since some people speak Spanish. She was a fast learner and spoke to others that we didn't get what they were saying including in Arizona where we stopped half-way. I'll tell you more about it. Love, Kristy.

The next day, we left by eight am for New Mexico. Some people speak Spanish there and other half speaks English. None of us know Spanish at all. But Mary Anne would like to learn, so she found a book on how to speak Spanish. How can she get prepared so fast? Good question.

"We might stop in Arizona before we get to New Mexico since it's on the way there," said my father.

"Okay, sounds great," I said.

We did when we got there. We went through shops and ate lunch there. When a waitress spoke to us in Spanish, Mary Anne already knew how to do that, so she spoke to them back in Spanish. They would ask us about our day, what would we like, and so on. I was impressed that Mary Anne knew what they were saying.

"Geez. You're a quick learner," I said.

"I know," said Mary Anne. "Rosetta Stone that I bought also helped me to learn."

"Will you teach us?" asked Claudia.

"Sure, it's easy," said Mary Anne.

"Easy for you," said Stacey as we laughed.

When we got to our RVs, Mary Anne said she'll show us when we get to a campground in New Mexico and we agreed. We arrived there five to six hours later. When someone spoke to her dad in Spanish when we checked in, she responded to them like that and the guy showed us the way.

"Gracias," said Mary Anne.

"De Nada," said a guy.

Leave it to the translator. Mr. Spier was very amazed, too.

"Amigos means for friends in Spanish," said Mary Anne.

"That's an easy part," I said.

"I agree," said Dawn.

She did teach us how to speak Spanish and we knew it in no time. Adios is Spanish for good-bye. That was another easy word to learn. Hola is hello.

"We're going to stay here for two days. We're going to explore stuff in between," said my dad.

"Okay," I said.

We went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. They had good food. We had another waitress who spoke Spanish, so Mary Anne ordered her meal in Spanish. So did the rest of us since we learned that quickly.

"Imagine if we get clients who speak Spanish? We can be prepared right away," said Mary Anne.

"Exactly," said Claudia.

After dinner, we went to see a Spanish concert. That was fun.

"They have a Cinco de Mayo party tomorrow," said Kaylee.

"Wow," said Mary Anne.

"That's how people celebrate here," I said.

"That sounds like fun," said Dawn.

"There's a store where people gets costumes for the party," said Kaylee.

"Cool," said Mary Anne. "I'm in for it."

"Me, too," said Stacey,

The next day, we got costumes for the party.

"I heard they're doing karaoke during the party tonight," I said.

"Wow," said Kaylee.

We changed into our costumes and went to the party.

"You and I should do a duet for karaoke tonight, Mary Anne. It would be fun," said Kaylee.

"Okay," agreed Mary Anne.

"Count me in, too," said Kayla.

"You can be the background singer," said her sister.

"Fine by me," said Kayla.

That night, we did karaoke. Mary Anne feels confident for duets. We had dinner they serve for Cinco de Mayo. They had cool party decorations. We didn't leave the party until around 10:00 pm and everyone was tired, so we went to bed.