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5 Minute Border Run

Alright this post is fun, and one you can even try at home as many times as you want. On one our adventures down to the Arizona border to stay at Organ Pipe Cactus Monument (famed for the Saguro Cactus), we went to seek out in Mexico or Gringo Pass, USA some cheap alcohol to celebrate the end of our trip for the next night in New Mexico. While we were not able to get some cheap duty free alcohol the night before, we did manage to head down to the border the next day for a quick trip into the liquor store. The only thing we could decide on to buy was a $10 bottle of Danzka Grapefruit Vodka, because none of us had tried it and the sound of it just seemed like it could quench the driest thrust in the desert we called home the night before.

We bought the bottle and were quickly confronted with a sign that read "all alcohol purchasers must bring all alcohol across the border or leave the alcohol for when you return from Mexico". Since we hadn't planned to venture into Mexico because it being Mexico it really didn't have much to offer once you crossed the border. Our plan was to buy the alcohol and make off before anyone noticed. Unfortunately the plan was foiled by a persistent liquor store keeper who stood out of the door and watched our next moves. While I fuddled with the map to look busy, and Emily, Dan, and Ryan debated the next move. We finally decided that we should just drive into Mexico, christen the vodka on Mexican soil, and come back in 5 minutes. That is just what we did, cross the border in our car, drive a few miles down the road, turn around and come back across the border. When the border patrol asked why we had been in Mexico, we told him we thought it would be fun to say we went to Mexico! LOL. ;-). With the goods in tow, we made it out of Arizona and on our way to New Mexico. That night once we had found a campsite in Leasburg Dam State Park, my good friend Dan came up with a drink name we created that night called the "5 Minute Border Run". The name was very befitting. Here is the drink we created:

5 Minute Border Run

1-2 shots Grapefruit Danzka Vodka
3-4 ounces of Grapefruit Juice (fresh is better)
Half a can of Sprite
Splash of lime juice
Sugar rimmed glass

- vary contents to suit taste

Yummmmm! Serve it at your next party.

"5 Minute Border Run" Copyright 2004 - Ben Pfeiffer, Dan Lavin, Emily Anderson, and Ryan D.