I personally found the day to be absolutely magical. Some of it is hard to
put into words, but I felt like there were some seeds planted. I still see those dolphins coming at me and then diving straight under me, then the one stopping a few yards away and just looking at me with his sweet face. So
amazing.

-Judy

"Me gustó estar platicando con la señora mixteca que
vendía las pulseras. También me gustó la pizza y el
convivio que tuvimos mientras comíamos pizza.

Una sugerencia sería planear actividades que involucre las dos partes de border.
Una actividad podría ser presentarse uno al otro (los dos lados). También podremos
traer una comida típica de nuestra tierra y compartirlo con los demás (potluck;)"

- Valentina

"Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
 
I enjoyed meeting the people that showed up. Especially, gentes de otro lado de la linea.
 
A great chance to practice my limited Spanish. However, I always leave a little unfulfilled due to the fact that the monstrosity of the fence is unmoved by our presence. People that do show up on the U.S. side are overwhelminly nice and probably do not need to be converted or prosletized. All the same,It is probably nice for the our fellow human beings across the fence ( the so called "aliens", "illegals" ) to know that we care about them as fellow human beings...  
 
I applaud you for trying to increase positive human interaction at the border. The fence does not always have to be a place of division, death and despair."

- Aron

"I had a great time on the beach at the border. The experience of communicating with friends with this "man-made" barrier separating each-other was a strange and unusual feeling. But, I knew all along, that I can easily cross the border (at a port of entry) at any time I choose. Unfortunately, that was not true for the people on the other side. Many of them expressed that feeling to me and I don't have a solution for that problem. In spite of that, the encounters were positive and the people were happy to make this "limited" contact with us on the USA side of the border. Some of the Mexicans were able to squeeze through the narrow openings and fish and swim along with us. The Border Patrol allowed this as long as they were not too far from the fence. However, if they went more than about 200 feet the jeep would come down and chase them back in to Mexico. But, for us, on the USA side, we could not "step" one foot on to the Mexican side without a stern warning from the [US] Border Patrol.
     Besides our group, there was a sprinkling of tourists visiting this southern most point of the USA. In addition, there were some people on our side of the border reuniting with family members for a short visit and when the were finished and returning to the parking lot the Border Patrol stopped them for a "thorough" check of their documents.
    The food was great and I had a great time bodysurfing. I got too much sun but I hope that we can do it again in the future."

-Bryant

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