ok i am back at the university again
following a second round trip journey to radium springs today
a bit wiser but none the worse for wear
& after finally suceeding in finding the right road at least
yesss
or rather the right jeep track
& having tested it on foot for the first mile or so
not only so i could report the breakout really was afoot
but especially to preview the quality of the road & inspect the
notorious sand trap at the first dogleg right
which my informant had warned me about
i concluded i should first consult with & enlist the aid of my friend
jeff back at the hot springs
which were coincidentally in walking distance anyway
he said
sure i would have told you to go that way but i know they have the
motion sensors on the road there
& they can watch you from the checkpoint too
whooops
but lucky i caught him
& so back to square 1
which basically means continuing to winter happily ever after here on
the new mexican riviera
&or shipping my stash or some part of it on to rose
who has volunteered to receive it in california next week
but only if i send it by united parcel service
which for some reason she finds an acceptable risk for a half share
& where i could catch up with the rest of it
with as little as an overnight run from here on empty
but all that sounds like a lot of muss & fuss when i can just
continue to enjoy being here doing nothing til the bag runs out
the thought of making a dash for bzgtmx & gthnsv in the meantime has
occurred to me
i admit it
or chasing the wild mexican quadripoint
probably no sniffer dogs between here & there
so long as i dont dally around mxus per se
but even so
there is lots of other lunacy
& i dont think centroamerica is really worth risking all again
anyway i already did that lots of times
so i think i will just continue to chill here for now
& please join me in overlooking all this useless enjoyment
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> 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