As our journey on Sunday to Santa María Tlahuitoltepec had just gotten underway, Chris and I were engrossed in conversation when I had a whoa-grab-the-camera moment. Across highway 190, just outside the city, a double row of VW Beetles appeared.
Perhaps, figuring it was safer to pull over rather than having me coming between him and the the steering in an attempt to take photos out the driver side window, Chris offered to pull over.
Some had been repainted and tricked out, but others had just been lovingly (no doubt) washed and detailed.
By the time we stopped, we had already passed at least fifty Bugs and the lines continued as we drove off.
A Classic Car Rally? There was a scattering of other makes of cars, but the Beetles were the overwhelming majority and they ruled!
(Update: Blog reader, shewhodaresnothing, offered the answer. June 22 was Worldwide VW Beetle Day!)
Preciosas fotos.