Mexico on Monday

We packed our bags Monday morning and checked out of the AirB&B house Sherry had secured for our stay in Yuma. We drove west 5 miles to the border town of Los Algodones.

and we are in Mexico

Los Algodones, Molar City

We were completing a five stage Adventure Lab that brought us to a new to us plaza. Lovely quiet area away from the hustlers and bustle of the first two streets in the border community.

the bull and the angel wings at Medi Plaza

The bright blue of the home caught my eye and I could not resist taking a photo, especially when most of the homes are of a various tan/sand color.

The old border fence leaning against the US side of the new border wall.

The border marker for Mexico and the United States. We were standing in two countries at the same time. Double border wall on the east side of the town.

We stopped at our designated five locations and answered the questions appropriately and were rewarded with a virtual confirmation of completion. 

Then it was off for a few more geocaches before we could sign in for the event. Hubby was off on a mission. Sherry and Janice was visiting and I was taking photos!

A first for the four of us...an unsigned log at a geocache! We were the FTFs; the First to Find. Five new geocaches had been published that morning, so we hustled to two of them. One had signatures, but this one was a distance from the main market area and we were lucky.

the location of the Mexico geo event

Sherry documenting Hubby signing the log*

Then we hustled to get in line to cross the border. Mondays are one of the busiest days for Americans to cross the border for their dental work, prescription drugs and alcohol purchases. We knew a wait could be 2 hours or longer if one is not in line before noon.

Our wait was 59 minutes. Not bad at all. One by one we were allowed to enter the customs office. The officer asked if I had found all the scavengers as I was wearing a geocaching t-shirt. I said we did and that was it and we were done.*

We headed back to Phoenix thinking we would make one more stop at the Naked Date Farm, but someone missed the exit and we stopped at Dateland for their date shakes. No comparison in my opinion. I guess I will have to do the driving next time!

On Tuesday evening we met Chad and Jane from Gilby ND at our favorite restaurant to wrap-up a fabulous week for them and 5 days for us of geocaching adventures. We hope to get back to Gilby this summer to do more of the geocaches Chad has created. 

And thus ends the Yuma geocaching adventure.

*Photos taken by Sherry and shared with me. Thanks Sherry!  Always fun to have you along on geocaching adventures.