border wall

New segments being added to the border wall are angering more than illegal aliens and cartels these days, now indigenous leaders and El Paso area faithful are mad too.

If you don't mind getting your feet wet, you can easily hop back and forth across the Rio Grande at this crossing, (yes ... it's a legit crossing), in Big Bend National Park.

The only question you have to ask yourself about visiting the Padre Island National Seashore is how far away from the nearest other human being you want to be. You can travel 60 miles of the uninhabited beach with the right vehicle.

This is where the whole gung-ho "let's build a wall" movement hits complex realities. Building the wall according to current designs might mean seriously endangering the prostrate milkweed habitat that sustains the majestic beauty of monarch butterflies.