Star journalists file dispatches from 3-week stint on border

Day 0: In Tucson … for now (July 17, 2006)

Tomorrow we leave for San Diego/Tijuana. 21 Days on the border – hard to fathom. That will be longer than an entire Olympics; Mardi Gras (well, the tourists' version, anyway); a fortnight; the Lord of the Rings trilogy, viewed 50 times in succession; your 5-year-old niece's rendition of the Nutcracker, viewed just once; ... well, you get the picture.

Our journey will take us from Tijuana to Brownsville, via Tecate, CA and MX, Yuma, AZ, Sasabe, MX, Columbus, NM, Ciudad Juarez, MX, Big Bend, TX, Del Rio, TX, Nuevo Laredo, MX, and all points in between. When accessibility to the Internet permits at least one of the five of us will be posting dispatches of our journey on this blog. However, as the online producer I'm proud to announce that they won't always come in the traditional text-based manner. We'll mix in some photos, voice-overs, video and other goodies to keep it interesting. Oh, and you can always check where we are by looking at the 'Current Location' box on the top right of the page, just right of the 'Working the Line' banner.