Thursday – January 26 – We went to Douglas today and what a disappointment, it is a most depressing town. There is a large spiked wall between Douglas and Agua Prieta in Mexico and then there is an eight foot ditch – most charming! The Border Patrol is everywhere, but especially prominent in Douglas. We have come through a few checkpoints by them and you see their cars all over – driving, parked at the side of the road, etc. We wonder how successful they are in picking up the illegal Mexican immigrants!

We went into the lobby of the Gadsden Hotel and it is quite nice but has seen better days. White marble and a Tiffany stained glass mural dominate the lobby of the five storey hotel and Pancho Villa reportedly rode his horse up the main steps of the lobby. It was also the site of the movie Judge Roy Bean.

We left there and went back to the Bisbee Grill for lunch. It is quite interesting that around Bisbee everything is green – lots of green trees and it doesn’t look like the desert, but this is only for a short distance then back into the desert.

One other thing we have seen a lot of down here that you don’t see at home is police cars escorting trucks with “Wide Loads”. You see a police car coming at you with lights flashing, etc and you pull over and then it is just an escort for the wide load truck. I can’t imagine it is a really good and efficient use of the local police force but, oh well, what do I know.