With all the stupidness that's been going on with illegal immigration, I thought I would be fun to revisit a run that we used to do way back in the day and it was one out to the Mexican border. Of course, no matter how bad we thought things were almost 15 years ago, they were a far cry from what they are now. Needless to say, this isn't something I would advise doing now and especially in the area that we were in.
That said, here's a Flashback Friday post from 2010
Here's a shot of Chris, Jen, mituk, Moochie and 08YELLO-RUBI at an IHOP down in El Centro before our run...
As you can see here, soon after leaving the town of Calexico, the tall steel border fence you normally see was reduced into cut up and welded old railroad track and look something like what you'd expect to see on the beaches of Normandy during World War II...
You can clearly see how well this formidable barrier would stop illegal immigrants from crossing into the USA.
Near by, we found the first of many panic buttons that the U.S. Border Patrol established for weary travelers...
Here's a shot of Moochie testing out the lamp that draws it prey like moths to a flame at night...
Chris trying hard to resist the urge to follow the instructions and push the red button...
The power and lure of the red button is just to great for 08YELLO-RUBI...
A close up shot of the diagram intended to communicate and explain in both alien and zombie, how to use this device...
Posing for a shot at the panic button...
Here's everyone trying to reenact the zombie images depicted on the sign...
This silhouette is probably a more accurate depiction.
Checking out one of many obelisks that were errected along the border a long long time ago to indicate the boundary between the United States and Mexico....
What it says on the north side of the obelisk...
and, what it says on the south side...
Chris pointing out a weathered old school 4WD decal still afixed to the obelisk...
Further west, we found another obelisk that was in much better condition and so, we hopped back into Mexico again to take this group shot...
View looking back to the east...
Interesting "BP" made of chain and welded to a tank obstacle we found along the way...
On the way back out to the highway, we stop at one of the many "AGUA" or water stations planted all across the desert. It's funny how back then, we used to look at these as bait stations but today, they'd clearly be some kind of NGO station with information on how to apply for asylum.
08YELLO-RUBI demonstrating through performance art, how to use the AGUA station....
After driving west on Interstate 8 for a bit, mituk blew up his super charger and needed to make his way back home. The rest of us continued back to where the border fence is accessible again and looks more like something out of the Lord of the Rings...
Parked at an observation shelter near to a point where there's a gap in the fence...
Where the imposing steel fence reaches the mountain side, there is a gap and you can actually get around it to take a peek from the Mexican side...
Help me...
Of course, if you did cross over at this point, you would have found a friendly Border Patrol Officer paying you a visit within minutes. But again, this was almost 15 years ago and in a galaxy far far away.
Parked up on top of a Border Patrol observation point...
Looking back down across the border fence spanning the valley below...
At the top of the hill, there is an impressive steel door with a medieval looking slider bar to keep it locked...
And finally, on the other side of this door, you can see yet another border obelisk. Kind of a sign of the times when a piece of America has to be on the other side of the wall.
Hard to imagine just how much has changed in such a short amount of time.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my little Flashback Friday post
That said, here's a Flashback Friday post from 2010
Here's a shot of Chris, Jen, mituk, Moochie and 08YELLO-RUBI at an IHOP down in El Centro before our run...
As you can see here, soon after leaving the town of Calexico, the tall steel border fence you normally see was reduced into cut up and welded old railroad track and look something like what you'd expect to see on the beaches of Normandy during World War II...
You can clearly see how well this formidable barrier would stop illegal immigrants from crossing into the USA.
Near by, we found the first of many panic buttons that the U.S. Border Patrol established for weary travelers...
Here's a shot of Moochie testing out the lamp that draws it prey like moths to a flame at night...
Chris trying hard to resist the urge to follow the instructions and push the red button...
The power and lure of the red button is just to great for 08YELLO-RUBI...
A close up shot of the diagram intended to communicate and explain in both alien and zombie, how to use this device...
Posing for a shot at the panic button...
Here's everyone trying to reenact the zombie images depicted on the sign...
This silhouette is probably a more accurate depiction.
Checking out one of many obelisks that were errected along the border a long long time ago to indicate the boundary between the United States and Mexico....
What it says on the north side of the obelisk...
and, what it says on the south side...
Chris pointing out a weathered old school 4WD decal still afixed to the obelisk...
Further west, we found another obelisk that was in much better condition and so, we hopped back into Mexico again to take this group shot...
View looking back to the east...
Interesting "BP" made of chain and welded to a tank obstacle we found along the way...
On the way back out to the highway, we stop at one of the many "AGUA" or water stations planted all across the desert. It's funny how back then, we used to look at these as bait stations but today, they'd clearly be some kind of NGO station with information on how to apply for asylum.
08YELLO-RUBI demonstrating through performance art, how to use the AGUA station....
After driving west on Interstate 8 for a bit, mituk blew up his super charger and needed to make his way back home. The rest of us continued back to where the border fence is accessible again and looks more like something out of the Lord of the Rings...
Parked at an observation shelter near to a point where there's a gap in the fence...
Where the imposing steel fence reaches the mountain side, there is a gap and you can actually get around it to take a peek from the Mexican side...
Help me...
Of course, if you did cross over at this point, you would have found a friendly Border Patrol Officer paying you a visit within minutes. But again, this was almost 15 years ago and in a galaxy far far away.
Parked up on top of a Border Patrol observation point...
Looking back down across the border fence spanning the valley below...
At the top of the hill, there is an impressive steel door with a medieval looking slider bar to keep it locked...
And finally, on the other side of this door, you can see yet another border obelisk. Kind of a sign of the times when a piece of America has to be on the other side of the wall.
Hard to imagine just how much has changed in such a short amount of time.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my little Flashback Friday post
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