short trip south

We made a trip to Naco, Mexico today to renew Woody’s I94 permit (his permission to be in the States), we just needed to walk across the border into Mexico, purchase something and walk back, same as last year. The weather was beautiful and the trip is interesting, driving into the Mule Mountains to Bisbee and south. Bisbee and Naco, AZ are close, except for the signage; one can not tell where Bisbee ends and Naco begins. Naco sits in a huge valley and the mountains in view are in Mexico, can also see the huge wall running along the border.

The wall runs for miles and the Border Guards say all it really did was create good business for the ladder companies. The vehicle you see is a Border Guard, in some areas they patrol the fence with armoured Hummers.

The white line you see is the fence going over the mountains.

This crossing was closed, only opened for certain traffic.

When we walked across the border there were Mexicans being brought back to Mexico and again when we left they were dropping another group of illegals at the border. There are about a 1000 illegals coming into AZ everyday!

A couple of curious people peeking through a small hole in the fence.

A view of leftovers from the Bisbee Copper mine that can only be seen as you drive towards Bisbee from the south, this complex is huge as was the mine.

Thanks to my dear husband, he drove onto a side road and climbed through some bush so we could get these pictures, saw this last year but too late to stop, this time I had the camera ready but just couldn't get a good shot from the highway. It really is awesome to see!