Dispatches from the road: Mexican Border Wrap-up

July 10, 2018 Tim Landes

I've been home five days.

I still haven't processed everything I saw or didn't see. Probably never will. That's life, amirite?

Dispatches from the road: Mexican Border Day 2

July 5, 2018 Tim Landes

July 4.

The day's agenda started with a 45-minute drive to Brownsville to check out the city's Independence Day parade.

By the time I parked and walked four blocks into the historic downtown district, the parade was somewhere in the back half.

As I stood at the corner and took in my surroundings, I realized we three gringos from Tulsa were the only non-Hispanics within view.

Dispatches from the road: Mexican Border Day 1

July 4, 2018 Tim Landes

It turns out you shouldn't always rely on Google Maps.

Tuesday morning we went on a hunt for the river. The Rio Grande serves as a natural boundary between Texas and Mexico. It's an area where there is no wall for many miles in either direction.

I drove down a dirt path that Google stated is a public road. It was extremely narrow. No room for two cars. There were times when I had to slowly, and barely, dodge major ruts. The Stooges' "No Fun" played on the stereo as I half-joked we were going to drive up on a bad situation or encounter Border Patrol.