Reply #19: Has Algodones gotten bad?

[nichomachus]

I was thinking of driving down one of these days. I need some new glasses.

However, there was a story in the local paper here about a busload of senior citizens who went down the other day for the usual dentist, medication and liquor run. Apparently, the US border guards hassled them mercilessly. They were detained at the crossing for three and a half hours.

I usually don't have any trouble crossing there, although one time I did have a hot-shot guard with a major chip on his shoulder who decided I needed a 20 minute lecture about what I could and couldn't bring back into the country. I had gone with a friend who was having dental surgery. All I had was some hot sauce and OTC drugs, but I got the lecture anyway.