Apparently two Mexicans woke up in the back of a pickup in Roma, and one turned to the other and said "Oh crap, they've brought us to another third world country." "That's right his friend answered, "We're in the USA."

I'm from the UK and in the 80s drove from Houston to San Francisco. My memory of Texas was a lot different than what's there today. I visited the Confederate Air Force when it was based at Harlingen and remember Del Rio as being a pretty nice place. I recall going into a mall and ,because of my British accent ,the staff kept me talking for ages! Southern Texas was the best part of the trip. Even getting stopped for speeding ,in the middle of nowhere by the local sheriff turned out to be a long friendly conversation and a written warning! My abiding memory was the amount of pickup trucks with gun racks. I also recall a elderly gentleman with two Morris Minors on his driveway as i turned off the road to visit the Roy Bean Museum at Langtry. I stopped to take a photo and spent hours sitting on his porch as he told me his life story of being a mountain man in Montana,and he showed me some of his inventions. Never did get to the museum!

@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717

Жыл бұрын

I wonder about the recollections of a visitor to the UK back in the 80s. Perhaps, not much has changed over there...

@davidbarlow350

Жыл бұрын

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Every major city now resembles downtown Baghdad,and there are mosques on most corners. We have had governments obsessed with loading us with immigrants and currently have over 50,000 being housed in over 400 hotels.(including 4/5 star). The UK has changed beyond recognition from the 80s,It's imported the third world and is rapidly becoming it.

@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717

Жыл бұрын

@@davidbarlow350 I've been hearing about all of that. The NWO folks are trying a similar plan for the US, as you've seen. Of course, in the US, they are using invasion forces from all over the world. The US today is a mixed up mess of a country in all the major areas. Go out to the remote places and you can still find some of the US's heritage.

A bit sad seeing these border towns today. When I was a boy in the 1960s my family would go to a Mexican border town from San Antonio for shopping and a nice Mexican meal for a weekend trip. Not a custom for many families today. Piedras Negras is my favorite border town today just across from Eagle Pass.

Best travel series...ever

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, Manuel. You just made my day! :)

Incredible, you were not stopped by the border patrol. No one even knew you were there!!!!!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

They were present, and shadowed me several times, especially in El Paso and San Diego. But they never stopped me.

@howardklein2368

Жыл бұрын

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I saw the El Paso video where the border patrol agent watched you like a hawk. I will watch the San Diego video.

@MT_Madman

Жыл бұрын

You were watch on a camera no doubt.

@ajlong4878

Жыл бұрын

Cuz he a white man

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Brownsville

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 жыл бұрын

I hadn’t been in around 20 years. The area has grown a lot, with nice, modern neighborhoods away from the border. Along the border, however, it looks pretty rough.

Welcome to TEXAS. I’m from Brownsville,Tx.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

I live in Texas.

@godfreyzilla8608

11 ай бұрын

@rosezamora9129 : Aha! So are you the famous Yellow Rose of Texas? I lived in Brownsville for a short time when I was about 3 1/2 to 5 years old or so. I have a few good memories. My father had a dairy truck from which he sold and delivered milk, butter and cheese. I remember living in a beautiful, small white clapboard house with beautiful oak floors next to a large open field. I don't remember any crops. I used to ride my three wheel tricycle with a small solid basket in the back on the sidewalk along the full width of that open field. I would load up the basket with my weapons - small pebbles and a few branches to fight off the bad guys in that open field that I never did see. I guess it was a remnant behavior due to WW2 but there were zero bad guys in 1951. We had a teenage neighbor across the street. One day he was watering the lawn and turned the sprinkler on the mail man who was not looking. I thought that was very mean but they both laughed. One Christmas my father bought me a bright red "Space Gun". It was a water gun and could shoot clear across the living room about 15 -20 feet. I loved that Space Gun. Another time my older sister went to take a bath and let out a blood curdling scream. I, of course, being a valiant first responder ran into the bathroom to see why she was screaming. She was staring at a giant tarantula on the tile wall above the tub ready to jump. My mother ran in with a broom and whacked it. The tarantula shriveled up, fell dead into the tub and my mother removed it. Years later we would call my mother The Giant Tarantula Killer. A movie was made about a giant tarantula soon after but not about my mother. You should watch it. Years later I would delude myself into thinking that teenage boy who was my neighbor was the great Kris Kristofferson who was born in Brownsville as I recall. My wife and I lived in Oklahoma where I went to college. We went to go see Kris in the film Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. After a few close ups my wife turned to me and said "That's the only man I would ever leave you for". I said "And I would approve" because I loved Kris too and he was from Brownsville. She was upset and said something about me not being willing to fight for her. And I said, "Hey, that's Kris Kristofferson from Brownsville, Texas. We are still married after 54 years. My apologies for this very long dissertation to you, the very pretty Rose Zamora of Brownsville, Texas. I hope that you too have fond memories of Brownsville to share one day. I am very happy the town is as pretty as I have been told. Abrazos!

Very cool seeing that part of Texas. The wall was huge, good luck getting over that in places.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Unfortunately, it’s missing in many places. In many places, there’s nothing. People can just walk across.

@oscarantoniomoreno5247

Жыл бұрын

Lol, haven't you seen the video where almost everyone successfully made it over the fence including an 11yr old girl?

@susimar

Жыл бұрын

The Rio grande is dangerous. Many have died. People who cross are not coming to kill anyone. They are coming for a better life. We’ve got a lot of available jobs that pay very little. I welcome them.

@Antonio_Serdar

Жыл бұрын

​@@susimar Legal immigration is fine, illegal is NOT

@cmet8280

11 ай бұрын

We're still waiting for a payment from Mexico

Thank you so much Joe for going along there showing us the actual "wall" which is really a fence. And also for showing us where construction ended. I'm not sure but I don"t think the mainstream media showed it like you did in this video. An actual very good job of being a reporter covering a story! I bet you never thought you and Nicole would be in the news reporting business! LOL

I know a nice song about El paso son by Marty Robbins

I moved to Roma with my mom when I was 3. Then moved to McAllen at 5. Spent 27’years there. When I was a teen, we would go to Reynosa ALL the time for fun. Doesn’t seem like Iraq when I go now, so 🤷🏼‍♀️

All this border towns are nice and quiet, the only one's that get excited are the Republican senators its all political .

This was a very interesting video

Been to Laredo. Crossing the bridge was a culture shock. Watching little kids beg for pennies. I bought an ecru crocheted dining tablecloth for $10. It easily was worth more in the US stores. The very young kids were working to support their families.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's shocking. And a bummer.

Loooong time viewer since your internet “news” segments (your wish you’d bring those back). I’m in the national guard and we’re gearing up 10K soldiers right now. Part of the mission scope is fence building. I can’t say specifically where we’re going but, yknow, areas of concern that you may or may not have mentioned are on the to-do list.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I was shocked at how easy it would be to cross in some places, especially Roma. I saw no patrols, police, anyone. Regarding my old style, yeah, KZread is really woke now and pretty much shut it all down. I was demonetized and threatened with channel deletion 3 times total. Was told to delete videos that they no deemed no bueno, although they wouldn't tell me which ones. Which is why I gave up on that.

@lauraslanesvanlifetravels

2 жыл бұрын

It's HORRENDOUS what is going on at our border, south, a year later and it's basically wide open...on purpose...our country is in trouble.

@VickiTakacs.

Жыл бұрын

@@lauraslanesvanlifetravels All of the Presidents have been puppets and have told Border Patrol to stand down and let them all in. Huge sex trafficking going on of little kids that’s been going on for many years before I was even born. The governor of Texas sent militia to the border. It will never stop until we ourselves stop it. Just like the trashing of our country and the lying media. We must stop it.

@antoniogarza2924

Жыл бұрын

@@lauraslanesvanlifetravels what’s happening on the border cause he shows nothing just telling you what he heard. Then he says America looks like a 3rd world country.

@raftermranch7051

Жыл бұрын

Proud to of build some of that fence

I would have been pretty nervous going there

*cross in roma texas* ok thanks for the tips.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that’s the place.

Your early videos were mostly closer to home in Texas?

Nobody crosses the riverr without the cartel knowing. In reality it's a lot harder than you think.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

I believe it.

@susimar

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Disappointing

You call this a border wall ? I want my money back lol Btw border patrol can setup checkpoints anywhere inside 100 miles of the border, land and sea, so that's a LOT of land they can do this.

I have been thinking of a trip along the US/Mexico border (From New Zealand). One question is cell phone reception. I know that I-20/I-10 to El Paso you pick up Mexican cell reception for a lot of the last few hours. What is cell reception like right along the border? (Our provider does not have roaming available in Mexico like it does in the US). I ask as I use my phone as GPS.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

It was good. No problems at all.

@mindareyes7565

Жыл бұрын

Yes, what you just said is 100% true. That’s where are tax dollars went. For one thing , why will the government stop construction when they keep saying that more illegals are coming in? And what about the section where anyone can swim from the Mexico side to the embankment in Roma? Tsk! Tsk!

Del Rio is more than you showed. I was there is June, '19. Funny incident. It was several dollars to drive into Mexico and decided the just walk across the bridge, 25 cent toll. American customs you had answer a lot questions, but on foot one just walked across the bridge, no questions asked. Until, I walked back and was stopped by Mexican authorities, who were very polite and friendly. On the Mexican side of the bridge one had to make sharp turns, stop and go, before entering Mexico. Not so on the American side. Few cars that Sunday afternoon going into Mexico but long lines entering the States. When I started crossing the bridge people were running up to cars to clean windshields and such, being chased off by border agents only to reappear when they left, chased off again, returned, etc. On the way back I saw Mexican nationals with many sombreros on their heads (large on the bottom and smaller toward the top, like a pyramid) and holding more headed into Mexico, apparently to sell to American tourists, which they had brought in Del Rio. Del Rio was hit hard when the nearby AF base was shut down in the '60s. Its never funny recovered. But I fell in love with that little town.

i remember in the 80’s when i was stationed in elpaso the rio grande would dry up in the summer , ppl would just walk over, it was crazy omg that bridge sceene looks nuts i was at william bueamont army med center for three years got married there too still married he was at ft bliss and guess what we live in northeast part of philadelphia. hubby worked for comcast 30years you would have been safer up near the army base

Thanks!

@enjoythepig

2 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend and I love your videos. I'm a couple years younger than you, but I hope we have the wherewithal to do the same thing soon. We have dogs, so we'll pull a little camper. Thanks for the great videos! Next time you're in Kansas City, look me up!

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Patrick! You made my day! :)

I lived in Laredo for 2 years...Winters are mostly comfortable but summers are long and very hot!!

You missed Del Rio. The city is not on the border, it is about 7 miles inland.

Roma would make a good call of duty map.

They are not fishing they are looking for crossing points they are coyotes

@yvettesolis956

Жыл бұрын

People in Mexico still swim and use the river. Not all of them are looking for crossing points. The river still gets packed on both sides of the border every time it’s Easter weekend. Americans aren’t allowed to swim, but Mexicans are, they know not to cross the line

@MT_Madman

Жыл бұрын

@@yvettesolis956 I wouldn't swim in it with all the raw sewage dumped in it, EPA doesn't exist in Mexico.

Crossing the river, Going south will get you Jail

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

2 жыл бұрын

It sure will.

Can I find you on ashley Madison ?

I live in del Rio the check point is to check if you are smuggling drugs, people, guns, etc... the only part of Del Rio that is poor is downtown you need to go further in to the city its better

@miguelhipolito6672

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, he should explore down town, amistad lake, Laughlin air base!

yeah very sad indeed. all i will say is i did not vote for what is in there now. thanks for sharing

👍🏾🤗🌱🍀🌿⚘️

I don't think you ever visited Pogreso, Tx

@frankcampos925

Жыл бұрын

How could you not, everybody and their mother go to Las Flores, which is right across the bridge. On that side, the Mexican side you can see the military security for the town

Isn't there crocodiles

Don't need a wall

@jessekuchinski1172

Жыл бұрын

Why because everything is working out just fine now huh? How about you house some of these illegals coming across?

@TM-vq1bf

Жыл бұрын

It’s an ignorant, untenable and asinine concept

No Borders, No Wall, No USA at all!!!

@howardklein2368

Жыл бұрын

@@_WhyYouMad Isn't that what the proponents of the North American Union propose. Also, the UN, WTO, GATT and the NWOers. There are maps of the world divided into 10 sectors. I am sure you know all about what I just said. Look those up. That was my point. I am 100000 percent certain you knew that. God Bless You.

Freddy roach

Also, the wall on some sections is a waste of money. You have areas with no fence then some like in del Rio with a fence there already , but they spent money on a section. Totally mismanaged. We are hitting a water crisis in the border towns, we are losing power in 100+ heat, but yea.. let’s get a wall so people up north can feel safe 🤦🏽‍♀️. Cause I feel safe living 2 miles north of the border. There’s a fence there and I sleep safe knowing that there’s measures in place , but all this is just been politics, used to sway voters by spreading fear.

national rent a fence.. not surprised after a person who made a name in REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS was able to control the country ya kno 😉

poor Mexico

The wall doesn't stop anyone. The unfortunate thing is that folks are so miserable and downtrodden that they will risk their lives, and children's lives to come here. And of course the Texas Republicans are sympathetic....

This land was inhabited by the native American Indians prior to your ancestors etc. This land is for anyone who wants to succeed in life.

@lortiz-baca7720

Жыл бұрын

😂

Guess Dump really built that wall, eh?

@cdemp4795

Жыл бұрын

Bush actually started building the wall in 2006. Trump expanded it. That wall's never going to be completed. What a waste of money.

@sputzelein

Жыл бұрын

@@cdemp4795 Yes, obviously the US will be wrecked long time before finishing the wall.

I know you make great videos, but some things are a year old, now if you were to go there in Roma or other places they are all protected and control, if it was that easy to pass from Mexico to USA all of the immigrants will be there no it is not easy no I know what I tell you, that is not the way right now ok !! Yes there is patrol and control.

@JoeandNicsRoadTrip

Жыл бұрын

I did a second trip through Roma last summer. :)

@anamariacanata1597

Жыл бұрын

I want to thank you for your presentations, people need to see the places to understand the issues !!!

@susimar

Жыл бұрын

@@anamariacanata1597 the issues that we need to fill more jobs? Living on the border opens the mind.

Thanks for leaving some wall openings, so Americans have the chance to escape the police state of US. Ha Ha.

That is so bad

"Real third world looking." What do you expect? Texas is a third world state.

@yvettesolis956

Жыл бұрын

A lot of the border towns have been cut off for many years. Because … you know why.. we’re all considered Mexicans 🤷🏽‍♀️

@summervibes2147

Жыл бұрын

Have you even ever been to Texas that's a horrible description it's actually one of the wealthiest States with a booming population economy and vast resources if I'm not mistaken if it were its own country it would be like the 11th or 12th largest economy in the world.

You can blame the state of Texas for lack of any fences because Texas doesnt have state income tax. You'd rather be "free" of govt. taxes and then complain there's no fence. If they had Texas state taxes from the get go like California then there would at least some fence.

@MT_Madman

Жыл бұрын

The State isn't responsible for fences the Fed is. Why do you think the Guard was at the border because the Fed won't take care of the illegal crossings.

@oldschooldjernie

Жыл бұрын

@@MT_Madman The second major obstacle is that much of the land along the border is in private hands. According to the GAO, two-thirds of the land along the border is privately owned. As of now, we don’t know how much land has changed hands; the GAO is studying the issue. Trump has expressed frustration over how long the process is taking and has reportedly ordered aides to “take the land.” The Washington Post cites a 2009 DHS Office of Inspector General report about border security and fence construction that notes both the high cost of this process, and the complexity-it involves “negotiating purchases and voluntary sales from more than 480 landowners.”

@oldschooldjernie

Жыл бұрын

if the state paid land owners to construct a fence from state taxes, then maybe there will be some sort of fencing.

TRUMP 2024 to finish the wall!🇺🇸

@tommymurphy459

Жыл бұрын

And the Mexicans still won't pay for it... 🇲🇽

@cindytrayer4279

Жыл бұрын

@@tommymurphy459 I’d rather have my taxes pay for the wall than to pay for ILLEGALS getting free medical care and EBT cards. TRUMP 2024 BUILD THAT WALL!

@grandwonder5858

Жыл бұрын

A wall around him for all the crimes he committed! Hell yeah!

Really y'all boarder check points are all over down here. We're the hell you been

@susimar

Жыл бұрын

They’ve lived up by DFW for most of the time.