Illegal/Drug Runner Sighting

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Because of the ongoing road construction, we changed our route for today’s walk and quickly decided that we liked this route and would do it again.

As we were on the return leg, about a half mile from finishing, my ever-vigilant husband tells me that he saw someone wearing dark clothing run across the road in front of us and head for the tree line. Then we see him swimming in the irrigation canal and he begins waving to us.

I called Border Patrol (BP) and gave them the details; it took about eight minutes for them to get to us; so as we waited, we went back the way we came from to avoid getting any closer to the swimmer, who eventually got out of the water and began walking toward us and motioning for us to help him.

A helicopter flew overhead and then BP arrived in a couple of vehicles. By the time they caught up with him, the guy was approaching some field workers. BP came back to us and said the guy had gotten separated from part of a drug group they had been watching.

It was alarming to come upon him, and if he were just an illegal, I would be a bit more compassionate, but not feeling too sad considering he was running drugs. Glad we are safe and he is out of the water.

Published by dmaupin44

Ken and I travel full-time in our motor coach throughout the United States. We have traveled along the Gulf of Mexico down to Key West and from Key West north along the East Coast all the way to Bar Harbor, Maine. We spent seven months in Southwest Texas right on the Rio Grande and from there we traveled to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon before heading back to our home state of Missouri. After a brief visit with family and friends we headed back to Florida and then we volunteered at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Southeast Georgia. The story didn’t end there because as of this writing we have visited all except three states. We went to Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and Death Valley National Park. We have continued our volunteer service by adding another winter at Okefenokee, a short stint at Bon Secour, and a winter at A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR. Summer 2020 finds us in the Missouri Ozarks and we are still loving life. We have much more in store, so please stay tuned as we continue to travel across this beautiful country of ours!

6 Replies to “Illegal/Drug Runner Sighting”

  4. Holy Drug runner Batman!!! You know, when I first read this I thought to myself that I was afraid something like this might happen. Then I started thinking about it and realized that the drug runner would be sorry if he had to deal with you Dorothy. You’d put him in his place for sure. I’m just so glad that all is well. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Do they have turkeys in your part of the world? haha.
    Take care…..R&J

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    1. Robin, you are so funny! Actually, I was very nervous and too anxious. The only thing I did well was think to call Border Patrol. I think it was too real all of a sudden, you hear the stories, but then it happens to you and you’re just not prepared for the reality. Anyway, we got through it.
      Turkeys here? I saw them in the grocery store, but they were probably shipped in from Missouri, lol. We had a frozen turkey dinner and pumpkin pie flavored yogurt for dessert, so it wasn’t our finest Thanksgiving ever. We did enjoy a few FaceTime calls with the kids. I hope you and Jerry enjoyed good food and family time. Thanks for always thinking of us! Love ya!

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