Category: border crossing


Archive for the ‘border crossing’ Category

Don’t shoot the soldiers at the border

Maybe it’s a move to reassure the winter visitors, but you may notice a new level of “security” at the Port of Entry to the United States at Los Algadones. For folks who RV to Quartzsite, this is perhaps the most popular ’south of the border’ port of call. Discount dentistry, low cost prescription drugs, [...]

New Quartzsite visitor questions: What about Mexico?

Many first-time visitors to Quartzsite wonder about making a trip to Mexico–after all, a less than a two-hour drive will take you right to the border. Is it safe? Is it fun? What do we do there?
Despite the bad news in much of the media regarding the safety of tourists to Mexico, visitors from Quartzsite [...]

When Dealing With the “Gummint” it May Not Matter What You Say

A couple of our friends have had some odd experiences recently with government officials–the upshot of which says: It may not be what you say that gets you in trouble.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent:
Esther was coming back to Quartzsite, after being out of the area for training. On Highway 95 she [...]