Here are some photographs taken around the area of the Lavender and Bowles homes, the Arizona/Mexico border, and the Elfrida sheriff’s station during the summer monsoon season.
The wide-open U.S./Mexico border
Wall constructed from Vietnam-era landing mats	The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office station in Elfrida, where Buck Shelton works
A lightning strike during a summer monsoon in the Sulphur Springs Valley	The waters rise fast during a flash flood
Stuck in the middle	After the monsoon has passed by
The Sulphur Springs Valley	The sun goes down on a Valley summer day