We are still parked at the Pancho Villa State Park at Columbus, New Mexico.
Yesterday Mary and I attend the above named celebration of Mexican-American friendship held at Columbus, New Mexico.
Here’s a poster in Spanish about the Cabalgata…
As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view...
We left the motorhome at 9:30 AM when the temperature was a bone-chilling 35 degrees coupled with a 15 miles an hour wind which made for a wind-chill effect of 25 degrees. BRRR!!! Remember me? I’m the guy who likes it between 65-75 degrees!
Are we having fun yet?
Part of the festivities was a bi-national Calvary horse parade. The American riders met the Mexican riders at the border 3 miles away and arrived in Columbus, New Mexico at about 10:00 AM. The festivities were held at the central plaza in the Village of Columbus, New Mexico. I estimate there were about 300 horses in the parade followed by a lot of vehicles that carried the families of the Mexican riders.
Here are some photos that I took throughout the day…
To see the other 31 photos that I took, click this link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/13thAnnualCabalgataBinacionalColumbusNewMexico
Finally, here’s a special treat for you. Click this link…
http://youtu.be/CrHmKksDg_c
I have spent about two years…driving well in excess 10,000 miles in Mexico. The Mexicans are wonderful and friendly people. They love to party. Find the smallest reason and they will have a party! It’s truly a shame what the drug thing has done to their country…In excess of 45,000 people killed in the last five years. So much so that we now fear to take the motorhome back into Mexico. So, in this case, the Mexicans came to us.
Well, at least I have my photos which help preserve the memories of my travels in Mexico..
Despite the bone-chilling cold, we were both happy we attended this fun event for 2.5 hours. There was also lots of great food.
Spring is about 10 days away…I can hardly wait! The weather is supposedly going to warm back up where it’s supposed to be the week…in the mid-70’s. Hooray!
In other news…
This morning we will move the motorhome about 30 miles north to the Deming, New Mexico area. We hope to get into Rockhound State Park.
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