Our friend, Lori, lives more than an hour north of Deming outside of Silver City. We arrange to meet at Walmart in Deming where we can leave our Airstream for part of the day. Previously Wells asked Walmart Management if it was okay to leave the trailer parked for part of a day. He was told that is was okay to leave it there as long as needed and there is no need to tell them that you are doing so. It is a nice service the company offers at many locations around the country. In previous travels we often saw many Rv’ers parked at Walmart overnight.
Lori arrives and we meet up. We pile into her car and we head south to Mexico. Our destination is, “The Pink Store” just over the border from Columbus, New Mexico. Columbus, New York is our hometown so we pile out of the car in front of a Columbus sign and Lori takes our photograph. We park at the border on the US side and walk into Mexico. We need to walk through an official building but nobody asks us any questions or asks for any identification. Once past the border we walk the one block to The Pink Store.
The Pink Store is a shopping destination for US tourists. It has Mexican wares that run a wide gamit including glassware, dishware, garments, and other colorful choochkies As you shop they serve you free margaritas. Yes, free margaritas. It’s an interesting sales enhancement technique. We each enjoyed on free one then we sat down for lunch at the same place while a group of Mexican musicians performed. After lunch we purchase some things and head back to the US. Each of us carry one bag full of items and at the US border we hand the guard our identification documentation, Lori, passport while Marsha and Wells each have enhanced licenses. Not one question asked of any of us. The guard did not ask where we had been or what we had done. He didn’t even ask what was in any of our bags. It was the easiest border crossing process that Marsha or Wells had ever experienced.
We head north towards Deming but Lori wants us to see a small state park about 10 miles out of the way. We drive in and at the end of the road sits Dawn and Scott’s car. No sign of Dawn and Scott so we leave a note on their car and we continue heading north to Deming where we pick up our truck and trailer and head northward towards Silver City. Shortly after reaching Deming our cell phone rings and it’s Dawn. She was sitting near the car at a picnic table when we left the note on the car. We will see more of them at some point in the future.
Lori lives up over a mountain 12 miles outside of Silver City on let’s just say an adventurous road. The 12 miles takes us more than an hour. At last we arrive safe and sound at Lori’s.
Seeing North America 