dbbls wrote:
No matter how close the road is to Mexico, it is still in the US. Don't worry.
What other US National Monument other than Organ Pipe Cactus has had nature hikes with some law enforcement officers hiding in the hills and closely watching the two-hour nature hikes, while another pair of armed rangers would follow the tourists closely from the ground and that is not for bears or cougars.
And this quote from Organ Pipes own website " illegal border crossings and activities, including drug smuggling, occur daily"
On our trip this summer when we leave the Phoenix area we will spend an overnight in Deming NM with the next stop at Balmorhea State Park. Will fill up just north of El Paso and not stop unless from a breakdown till Van Horn TX. the stretch Of I 10 between El Paso and Van Horn is not where you want to stop.