This morning we left the RV in Ogilby and drove the truck to the US border crossing, walking across into the village of Los Algodones, Mexico:

This town makes almost all of its money from medical tourism.  All the storefronts are dentists, optometrists, and pharmacies:

We did our dental cleanings and Trish had an eye exam for a pair of glasses, which we could pick up in a couple hours.  We will instead come back tomorrow to pick them up.

The sidewalks here are choked with vendors selling all types of souvenir-grade items:

We got in line to return to the US:

On the other side of the wall, home beckons:

This afternoon, Trish made her first monogramed item:

In electronics class, M made a battery using pairs of pennies and dimes as the anodes and cathodes, and vinegar-soaked paper as the electrolyte:

Tonight the kids dragged over a dead Ocotillo and we had a campfire:

The fire was big enough that the kids had trouble roasting marshmallows without getting burned:

We threw on the rest of the Ocotillo: