LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 4
Welcome to week 4 of LA FRONTERA, coming to you from beautiful Alpine, Texas. Mark took a week off to go back home for a previous commitment, so I used this time to loop back with some people. But first I had a great weekend with my wonderful wife, Cara. Here’s a gratuitous vacation photo for your […]
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 5
Welcome to week 5 of LA FRONTERA. This blog will not be as detailed as my previous ones since I’ve fallen behind on my journal, but I’ll hit the high spots. Had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with Mark and Bob at an unnamed hotel in Marathon (so unnamed because there were no comps). The road […]
Andalusia Star article on the border walk
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2014/11/18/local-man-walking-nearly-1200-miles/
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 3
Welcome to week 3 of LA FRONTERA, coming to you after four hours of cleanup and refresh after a nasty PC infection. I really miss my Mac. PC people, if you move to Mac then you won’t have any more trouble with any of this virus and bloatware nonsense. Sunday 11/09 Sadness ensued as Hizzoner Jack Chappell rolled off […]
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 2
Welcome to week 2 of LA FRONTERA. Sunday 11/02 Went to Socorro and visited with Tanya Carbajal and family at her grandmother’s farm. Tanya is the daughter of Orlando Carbajal, a farmer we met in Fort Hancock last week. Tanya is a student in journalism and new media at UTEP, and she is just as good in […]
LA FRONTERA DISPATCH – VOL. 1
Welcome to the chronicle of week 1 of LA FRONTERA. My plan to publish daily dispatches proved to be much too ambitious, so instead I shall be issuing weekly digests of our adventure. Saturday 10/25 Made it to Abilene in about 11 hours. Dodged a couch in the middle of six lanes of traffic on I-10; […]
LA FRONTERA – INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY MARKER #1
Just got back from a scout trip to tomorrow morning’s launching point of our expedition.
LA FRONTERA
In one week, I’ll be commencing production on my latest feature, LA FRONTERA, which will chronicle the journey of Mark Hainds as he walks the 1200-mile length of the Rio Grande as it borders Texas and Mexico. I’ll be updating the blog as we make our way east from El Paso to Boca Chica, but in the meantime, […]
