There was a bit on NPR this morning about it. There will be a river-worthy ferry operated by a park concession and a hi-tek visitor's/immigration center. Digital scanning of US passports and biometric confirmation of Mexican citizen ID's are just some of the bells and whistles we can expect as early as 2012.
Yippee! Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 [email protected] ________________________________ From: Gill Edigar <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 10:08:26 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Re: Boquillas crossing reopening - update That's a step in the right direction. Common sense has not been thrown completely out the window. --Ediger On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Ed Goff <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle, it will be > an unmanned, informal boat crossing open to the public as in the past, but > with a techno-gizmo for showing documents to officials at a remote facility. > Scheduled to open April 2012. > > Ed > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Ed Goff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Heard on NPR that the border crossing at Boquillas in Big Bend is to be >> reopened. Brief article: http://bit.ly/h0F3ga >> >> Ed > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
