ok i got a xerox of the delorme new mexico road atlas page
since printing off the internet is practically impossible at both
libraries
& i think i even spotted & zoomed the checkpoint in an aerial photo
at terraserver
which places it a good half mile above the projected smuggling route
so now i am weighing whether to even bother with a test run
or to just go for it
& i did see a roadrunner running across my road early this morning
come to think of it
even tho i didnt actually run or even find the road just then
& yikes he was indeed carrying something
in his mouth
couldnt tell if it was a pito tho
hahaha
but so anyway maybe i am getting the picture already muchachos
beebeep
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> began the smuggling route probe as predicted at daybreak
> thinking to steal up toward the border patrol post in the glare of
> the sunrise
> & surprised myself to find myself proceeding as usual without a map
> & only by my preferred intuitive dead reckoning autopilot technique
> even tho my ass & my stash were squarely on the line this time
>
> & decided to award myself a medal for valor or casualness
> i am not sure which
>
> but
> i think fortunately
> i simply couldnt find the outlet north from the maze of dusty
streets
> that is radium springs
> hahaha
> positively stymied for hours
> tho i had seen & studied it all on the same maps i commended to you
> last night
> hahahaha
>
> & didnt want to disturb my smuggler pals at the hot springs during
> their morning quiet hour tho i practically drove right past their
> eminently pickable brains too
>
> & so i have repaired back to the libraries in las cruces to cobble
> together the best available maps
> hahaha
> so as to have them actually in hand for a more diligent retry
> perhaps tomorrow
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, barbaria_longa@h... wrote:
> > finally
> > & probably illegally
> > joined the las cruces public library today so i can get online on
> > days when the state university library is closed
> > without pawning my drivers license & waiting on 2 lines
> > as i previously had to do while foisting my technically expired
> > quince dias visitors permit off as still valid
> >
> > but more importantly
> > a chance encounter with an extremely knowledgeable clerk in the
> road
> > atlas department of an office max store has convinced me that
there
> > is indeed an escape hatch from my border jail clave
> > via a dusty & gated but public back road
> > traveling nnw from radium springs
> > that runs thru the gap between the border post on the river
valley
> > road & the border post on the interstate
> > & you can see it all at both topozone & terraserver
> > with the projected smuggling route fairly hugging the west side
of
> > the freeway most of the way from exit 19 to exit 32
> >
> > so i expect it will be right under the eyes of the border patrol
> > there near the rest area
> > & thus rather hair raising & eyeball popping
> > but worth a dry test run first thing tomorrow i would guess