Day Fourty

Yup, definitely went to Mexico today. I drove the 4 hours to El Paso from the spot in the middle of the desert where I camped last night. I walked across the border into Juarez where I ate lunch in a little restaurant. I was there for about 2 hours because the rain came out of no where and I didn’t think I would get too far if I went outside. I had some tacos, read some of my book, failed at speaking Spanish and then headed back to the border. The roads were so flooded from the rain it made getting back a little more damp in the shoe than I had expected, also unexpected was the large suburban that skidded to the stop in front of me and the dude that jumped out and yelled at me. This was the border patrol’s reaction to me leaving Mexico on the wrong side of the street and totally skipping the immigration checkpoint. Juarez should work on better signage. I eventually got out of the country and drove to Los Cruces, NM where I am staying with my 2nd cousin Nancy and her husband Ed. I had never met them before and it was fun getting to know them. Tomorrow morning I am off to Tucson, AZ.


Welcome to Mexico.


Here is my lunch.


Here I am stoked about my lunch.


Here are some flooded Juarez roads.