nice going victor
for it looks like you climbed at least 1 of the towers
& have made at least a close visit to both these difficult tripoints
for which i failed to even bring a camera
did you happen to photograph any more of the towers themselves or the
stunning international cable car running between them
i had the impression that tho the american tower may well be
administered by the blm & other us govt agencies named on it
the car itself might actually be used by the international boundary &
water commission for despatching their responsibility of gauging the
stream
here from the best possible angle
namely directly above the channel
so perhaps it wasnt so much for transportation per se as for accurate
positioning
also i thought the azbcca point itself beguilingly elusive from all
angles amidst all the reeds
& i could never quite lay an eyeball on it with assurance either
i think a canoe & machete may really be whats needed here to even
glimpse the point truly
azbcso by contrast seemed to me a lot easier to sight with some
assurance
especially from the transmexican highway bridge
along the intersection of the monument line & the thalweg
jack parsell was once lucky enough to visit this point class a when
the colorado was bone dry
m
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Victor Cantore <drpotatoes@y...> wrote:
> I recently took the trip east into the desert and I
> have these wonderful photos of the CABCAZ & BCAZSN
> tripoints along the USMX border near Yuma, AZ. Nearly
> a quadripoint, these 2 tripoints are separated by
> 20+/- miles. The Colorado River forms the
> international border for that stretch between AZ and
> BC.
>
> Here's a map of the area:
> http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?
Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Yuma&state=AZ&csz=Yuma,+AZ&slt=32.725220&sln=-
114.624580&name=&zip=&country=us&&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=7&desc=&
cs=7&newmag=5&poititle=&poi=&ds=n
>
> and also here:
> http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?zoom=4&mapdata=jZ2g%2b%
2fXW8V81gFZmbXAb1LhoxDZk8UeJUVLtr8EzLlBOTZjB%2ftyqw7esTQbemw%
2bwBgPhbnyPi7LxxTpnZfFuu6Imwx%
2fyJUQgSQ5sYqCXM0NWZfJjXLaHG84AMd2YrsBnbqOEdcxTr%
2fpHhO06RfN2brIm87dn3errC%2bcoV17M%2fCW7d%2bNNH1Bpt9SCl%2fwNaikWM%
2fXLna%2bcGRjR05vNCRB6OFiFE9%
2bIyTriC1w9B4SC9Pq2ggzZO3RMkkHfnIHNwBrNEw4yx9R1Wk6JdoOghj10KABvVfdInfo
4
>
> Commonly in photographing USMX, I find easier access
> from the MX side. The militarization on the US side of
> the border can be a problem depending on the Border
> Patrol agent that stops you. I got lucky and got a
> cool one, in fact he drove me back to my car and got
> some good conversation from him. Interestingly, I was
> the only 'tourist' that he has ever come across
> looking for a photo of the CAAZBC tripoint. Hmmmm...
>
> Photographing boundary markers in urban areas can ONLY
> be done on the MX side since the wall is built behind
> the markers and are not accessible from the US side.
>
> The reeds in the Colorado River are quite high and
> block good clear views of the river.
>
> Photo 1:
> CA/AZ/BC from the MX side, from Algodones, BC, showing
> the wall and a tower used by the Bureau of Land
> Management (BLM), a US Federal agency for some kind of
> wildlife conservation or something (according to the
> border patrol officer). Yes, it connects US territory
> with MX territory. Reeds are in the way so the photo
> was taken in BC looking north into CA.
>
> Photo 2:
> Mentally stitch this with the last one and you get the
> wall ending and across the river is AZ, therefore, the
> tp is somewhere in that murky disgusting water. The
> BLM tower is located in AZ.
>
> Photo 3:
> SN/BC/AZ from San Luis, SN looking north. You can see
> the 'wall' on the extreme right side of the photo
> separating SN from AZ. The Colorado River is in the
> back (not the canal) and on the right side is BC. The
> tp is somewhere out in that water.
>
> Cheers,
> Victor
>
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