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This is a collection of things in this area that I have found to be interesting while on patrol in the Southern New Mexico desert.

This fence stands about 1-1 1/2 feet high and runs for about 500 yards. These fences are found in a remote valley area and are sometimes found alone and other times there are two or three within a small area. Think about it for a while and see if you can determine the purpose of this fence but in the mean time check out the "Legend of the Cow Trippers"

This shrine is located in Columbus, New Mexico and was built by a follower of Avatar Meher Baba. The phrase Mastery in Servitude is inscribed above the entrance and is reported to be a replica of the late Baba's shrine.

This area is divided down the middle by a barbed wire fence that is the International Boundary between Mexico and the United States. Weeks of rain could not hide the color difference between the two countries. I am told it is caused by overgrazing of cattle on the Mexican side of the border.

The sunset of the Southwest can make even the meanest hombre stop to appreciate it's beauty.

A moment of serenity.

A woman used to travel through the Columbus area and would live in this teepee.

One of the Aerostat Radar Balloons is based South of Deming. This balloon's function is to locate and deter low flying aircraft attempting to enter illegally into the United States.

This sign welcomed people in the days where an entry could be made anywhere along the International Border as long as there was an intent to report to a United States Port of Entry for inspection by the U. S. Customs Service. It is in an area that is very remote and thirty miles from the nearest Port of Entry.

I always thought that these concrete posts along the highway that comes from the border were milemarkers from the days of old but.......

.....closer inspection was not conducive to that theory. In reality they are "Project Markers" that indicated where the path of the highway was to be built during it's construction period.