Never skip Calexico, California

Calexico is located by the Mexican border about 60 miles West of Yuma, AZ. The town started as a tent camp until it was founded in 1899. Juan Bautista de Anza, the Spanish explorer, passed the area around 1776. The town looks like a typical border town with lower older buildings. Calexico has a small downtown area with stores selling mostly Mexican products. The border fence has so much barbed razor wire that it looks like a super max prison. The City Hall and Hotel de Anza are two prominent buildings in town. The weather is normally very nice and the summers can be very hot. The area between Calexico and Salton Sea is pretty much an agricultural area. About 30 miles North you will find Calipatria. The town is the lowest city in the Western Hemisphere 184ft below Sea Level. Right next to the Town Hall is the famous 184-foot flag pole. Calipatria was founded in the early 1900s. If you continue to drive North another ten miles you will be in the little town called Niland. Slab City is located just a few miles East.