5/5 John “Juanito Hayburg” E. 8 years ago on Google
What
a
fantastic
site!
This
is
one
of
my
regular
day
trips
by
bicycle.
Leaving
from
the
Eastside
of
El
PasoTX-USA
(Time
Square:3333
N.
Yarbrough
&
Edgemere)
I
may
pedal
South
on
yucky
Yarbourgh
to
North
Loop;
turn
right/West
to
junction
with
Trowbridge/Delta;
turn
left/Southwest
onto
Delta,
then
follow
it
5miles/8kms
to
intersect
Stanton
Street
in
downtown
El
Paso.
I
turn
left/South
on
Stanton
and
pedal
to
the
one-way
(South)
international
bridge/Port
of
Entry(POE)
into
Cd.
JuarezCHIH-MX.
After
showing
our
fantastic
CBP/USBP
agents
my
valid
passport
and
paying
the
$0.50usd
toll,
I
cycle
up
and
over
the
international
boundary
into
the
Mexican
POE.
From
there,
it's
a
fairly
direct
route
to
this
wonderful,
dynamic,
historic
site,
just
continue
pedaling
North
parallel
to
the
Rio
Bravo,
conscientiously
following
all
the
rules
of
the
road.
However,
where
Norzagary
makes
an
acute
left
turn
to
the
West,
I
continue
pedaling
North,
soon
to
be
cycling
on
the
levee
road.
After
3miles/5kms
of
rough
gravel,
it
terminates
at
the
international
border
between
the
USM
&
USA.
If
I'm
lucky,
Curator
Alfredo
will
be
available,
showing
this
extremely
historic
reconstruction
of
the
2-room
adobe
structure
where
former
President
Francisco
I.
Madero
&
Pancho
Villa
met
during
the
(Mexican)
revolution,
1911.
In
fact,
I'm
disappointed
if
I
arrive
"after
hours"
but
that
doesn't
preclude
my
immense
enjoyment
of
this
most
important
area.
Casa
de
Adobe
is
within
a
small
area
known
as
Parque
Madero,
bounded
by
the
Rio
Bravo
(Rio
Grande
to
those
North
of
the
border),
steep/rugged
mountains
that
included
Cristo
Rey,
the
pavement
plant,
and
parallel
32/historic
Boundary
Marker
One.
In
fact,
during
Thanksgiving
week
2015,
I
had
pedaled
a
route
that
took
me
East
to
extremely
historic
San
Elizario
to
Fabens,
Tornillo,
and
Ft.
Hancock.
Then
I
pedaled
South
across
the
toll
bridge/POE
to
El
Porvenir,
and
North
on
World-class
Ruta
Dos
through
Praxedi
G.
Guerrero,
Guadalupe,
Cazeta/POE,
Reforma,
San
Agustin
(regional
Museo
de
Valle
de
Juarez),
Cd.
Juarez,
and
camping
at
this
magnificent
site.
Actually,
I
camped
on
the
North
side
of
the
boundary
line
at
the
base
of
the
Boundary
Marker--back
in
the
USA!
Unfortunately,
it
was
not
a
restful
night;
our
fabulous
Border
Patrol
checked
upon
my
well
being
regularly--I
assured
them
I
was
not
going
to
enter
the
USA
illegally,
that
upon
daybreak,
I'd
continue
pedaling
West
to
enter
legally
at
the
San
Jeronimo/Santa
Teresa
POE--and
the
Federales
performed
the
same
act,
also
quite
regularly
through
the
night.
Access
from
the
USA
side
is
even
more
difficult,
possibly
even
illegal
as
it
is
not
yet
a
POE.
That
is
why
I
am
campaigning
for
this
remarkable
location
to
become
a
NON-motorized
POE,
with
vastly
improved
access
from
the
USA
with
construction
of
a
NON-motorized
bridge
across
the
Rio
Grande
just
North
of
American
Dam
but
South
of
the
American
Brick
Factory
private
bridge/BNSF
high
trestles.
It
would
be
a
tremendous
economic
stimulant
to
an
area
depressed
by
the
loss
of
ASARCO,
as
well
as
a
magnet
for
tourists,
history
buffs,
scientists,
pedestrians/joggers,
and,
of
course,
bicyclists!
Not
making
this
long
story
shorter,
I
highly
encourage
everybody
to
visit
here;
not
necessarily
by
bicycle.
I
enthusiastically
give
it
my
"Wheel
of
Approval".
You'll
love
it!
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