Every morning I walk down the side of the mountain to the huge gate at the entrance to the property. Usually I wait inside the gate until I see Jairo's car coming for me because there can be random people walking on the road. There seems to be more foot traffic than car traffic on the road.
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| The bottom of the driveway from inside the gate. |
On this day, when I got to the gate Jairo was already there waiting. I noticed a truck on the side of the road and a group of about 8 men walking toward us as I got in. After I was inside I turned around and looked back at the group. The front man had a huge machine gun strapped across his chest. The rest of the men were all very intimidating. I asked Joss what was going on. I wondered why she wasn't locking the door and ducking under her seat. She didn't seem aware of the gang of men carrying guns. Jairo and Lourdes also seemed unconcerned. Finally I said to Joss, "Why are they walking toward us with that huge gun?" I really thought we were in danger and nobody else saw what I was seeing. Joss turned around and looked. She said, "Oh, that's the Governor. He comes up here and goes for walks. He used to have about 20 guards and all of them carried big guns. Looks like he has cut down a lot."
Then I noticed a man in the middle of the formation wearing bright orange Crocs. I guess he is the governor. Apparently he likes to walk in the rain in front of my house. Yikes! That was kind of freaky.
