On The Border, Once Again

More views of our trip on the Amtrak.

When my Husband and I took the Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle/Lakeshore Limited to Syracuse in 2013, we passed through El Paso, Texas.

This time around, we were at a different time of the day and we were going in the opposite direction.

After spending a half hour at the El Paso Amtrak station, we moved Westward. I figured that since the Rio Grande is the border between the US and Mexico, that we would not cross it. I was incorrect in that thought...almost immediately, as you can see HERE.

We must have gone about 2 miles and then came to a wide spot in the river and we crossed over from Texas, into New Mexico. It was a really pretty area with desert cactus living on the mountains. I tried to get a photo, but it wasn't to be.

Then we curved and suddenly we were right on the fence. I mean RIGHT ON THE FENCE! There were these light poles that (obviously) light up the area at night, to keep people from crossing the border. I don't remember them from my trip here last time, which you can see, HERE.

Were they a new addition? I have no idea...but it brought home the fact that we were in the land of plenty and these poor residents of Anapra, Mexico were not.

It only lasted a few seconds, but it is a life changing view.

How totally sad.