Today after B/F at "Whataburger" we met a guy who guided us to a part of Del Rio where we could see the Rio Grande river. This of course is the boarder between the US and Mexico. We were being observed by Border security at every movement. The guide told us about the security and how the Mexicans cross into the US often carrying drugs for dealers. The Border Security have an enormous amount of equipment and staff at their call to try to prevent illegal immigration. Throughout the morning we witnessed many pickups parked or moving about trying to observe vast stretches of desert bush land, looking for possible incursions. A truly mammoth task. We had to get our passports out at one check point. We were lucky again to run into a security staff member at the Amistad dam on the Rio Grande. He escorted us onto the middle of the dam wall where he took our photos at the point where the border between the two country's is displayed in the middle of the dam wall. We were able to chat about border security and dam operations. Very interesting occasion for us.
We rode on west for a while but apart from running into the historic museum of Judge Roy Bean, "the hanging judge" who died in 1903, we did not see much country or town ships that were worth reporting on, in fact it was pretty desserted country. We then headed north and passed through oil country. On one section of road of about 45 miles with almost no bends, we passed oil jack pump after pump. Not all working, but enough were to create cartage of oil by trucks a big task. Tonight we are in Midland where apparently there is a bit of an oil boom going on at the moment.
Judge Roy Beans historic court house
TThe Mexicans (left) meet the locals in the middle of Amistad Dam.
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