It can't get any better than this, it is a 12 minute walk from our rig to the gate into Mexico. As I said it can smell tequila and tacos from our trailer. Los Algodones is a border town when thousands come to get cheap dental work, glasses and drugs. The Yuma area has rv parks everywhere and some dry camping areas. Lots of snowbirds and fulltimers come here for the weather. Crossing the border is just one of the many thing to do here. We found a taco stand where you can get $1.00 tacos. They give you a basket of chips and salsa while you wait for you food. The building with the balcony is a nice place to sit and people watch while having a beer and chips. The purple building is one of the many drug stores and liquor stores. The liquor store gives out sample of tequila and tequila flavored drinks. There are 4 sample stations, I found that a $1.00 tip gets you a lot of samples. Each station has about 6-7 bottles to try. So if you hit all of the stations you are going to feel pretty good when you leave. We walk so there is not problem trying them all TWICE!! We have ate the food, drank the booze and not got sick or killed by the local people. We have had friends (Bill and Bev Edwards) staying about 30 mile east, so we have been getting together. Jackie and I will start exploring the area Monday. A lot of local thing to see and do.
It can't get any better than this, it is a 12 minute walk from our rig to the gate into Mexico. As I said it can smell tequila and tacos from our trailer. Los Algodones is a border town when thousands come to get cheap dental work, glasses and drugs. The Yuma area has rv parks everywhere and some dry camping areas. Lots of snowbirds and fulltimers come here for the weather. Crossing the border is just one of the many thing to do here. We found a taco stand where you can get $1.00 tacos. They give you a basket of chips and salsa while you wait for you food. The building with the balcony is a nice place to sit and people watch while having a beer and chips. The purple building is one of the many drug stores and liquor stores. The liquor store gives out sample of tequila and tequila flavored drinks. There are 4 sample stations, I found that a $1.00 tip gets you a lot of samples. Each station has about 6-7 bottles to try. So if you hit all of the stations you are going to feel pretty good when you leave. We walk so there is not problem trying them all TWICE!! We have ate the food, drank the booze and not got sick or killed by the local people. We have had friends (Bill and Bev Edwards) staying about 30 mile east, so we have been getting together. Jackie and I will start exploring the area Monday. A lot of local thing to see and do.
Now that's place I need to see........looks like alot going on..
ReplyDeletewe went again Sunday and it was nice no crowds. The doctors and eye doctors are closed so not to many people wandering around. the vendors were laid back and didn't bother you much either. It can take an hour or two to get out due to long lines. But Sunday we walked right out.
ReplyDeleteCliff, I work with a welder that used to be out of the Phoenix local.he said to check out the territorial prison there..in Yuma..which is a state park, sounds interesting ..if you can get away from the free samples in Mexico...lol
ReplyDeleteit is hard to get away from the samples. We have been to the prison about 5 yrs ago. We are going to go again and will be putting some pictures of it on the blog.
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