No Tire Basura: What exactly does this mean?
No Tire Basura, an addictive catch phrase in the last fronteria: Baja, California. As my boyfriend, Michael and I were traveling down the lifeline of Baja, the Transpeninsular Highway, a single drab road sign caught our attention. It read: No Tire Basura. Since our Spanish language skills were at a pathetic all-time low, we were left with a mystery…No Tire Basura, what exactly does this mean? Michael, in his most Italian accent (even though he is not Italian) utters, ‘No Tire Basura.’ We both laugh and I say the phrase as well, careful to roll my ‘r’s.’ I, being the passenger, returned my gaze to the complex Baja desert landscape dotted with towering elephant trees and cacti. Michael returned his concentration to the Transpeninsular in enough time to narrowly miss a speeding semi-truck. Out of nowhere, I said, ‘No Tire Basura’ like I had been poked with a attle prod. Michael diverted his gaze to me like I had just said something crazy. Then in a cult-like trance, Michael said it too,
