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Brownsville Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brownsville, United States
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Welcome to the USA
This is a top pick! ... us about a ‘Mr Big’ from the drug world, being caught and extradited back to Mexico across this border at Brownsville, two hours earlier. And to think, we chose this border crossing from Mexico, because we thought it was safer than ...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
... red, re-usable tote bag. The bag will come in handy, due to the fact that, effective on Jan 1st, 2011, Brownsville has outlawed all plastic bags from all retail stores... grocery, WalMart, Target, and all the others. It's a good move in ...
Back to Brownsville for the Holidays
... been there a little later for Thanksgiving, but we only stayed a few days this time around. We originally planned to stay in Brownsville for only a few days , then continue on into Mexico for the rest of the winter. However, we landed up staying at ...
Getting ready to leave can be difficult!
Well, I've been 'home' in our Winter Haven Park in Brownsville. for two weeks and I must admit that I haven't been as diligent as I should have been about getting all of my re-organizing done. I've done a lot, but I haven't broken too much ...
A rather difficult trip home to Brownsville, TX
... automated phone system and more waiting to finally get a hold of Southwest Airlines to change my flight from Houston to Harlingen (near Brownsville) for the 24 hours later as well. While I was on with them, I asked if they had any other flights ...
It's Good To Be Home
Yup, it's always good to be home. We got settled in and started to see old friends and make new ones, too. It's still early in the Winter Texan season, so not everyone is here yet, but that's OK, it would probably be a little overwhelming to have ...
Our Mexican Odyssey began in Brownsville, TX
We spent about 6 weeks at the Winter Haven Park in Brownsville, TX from just before Thanksgiving 2007 until just after the New Year 2008. That is the same place we spent three months last winter, however, the weather this year was better. For me it was ...
Mexico Awaits
Brownsville Texas is the first of 17 borders and customs outposts. The truck repairs stole time. Now, with a renewed sense of urgency, we can still make our first date in Colombia. It is going to take a lot of hustle. In the South two different ...
Dasher, Georgia to Amatitlán
Smooth drive from Georgia to Brownsville, TX on I-10. We got to Brownsville, Texas at about 8:00 am. But I had 2 Illegal Mexicans and 1 illegal Guatemalan taking me on a wild goose chase to take this minivan into Mexico that belonged to ...
Happy United Cheesecake Holiday, again
... Punk rock still rules ok. I decided I really didn't want to have xmas in my life this year so I fully embraced United Cheesecake Holiday. From Dec 20-27th it's all about the cheesecake. Gifts are frowned upon but allowed if they have something to ...
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... nbsp; We awoke at 5:45a.m. this morning to leave for Brownsville we had a long drive and we needed to get a room and information from the chamber of commerce before 4:00. We have ...
Yippee! We got our own place in Winter Haven!
We've stayed at the Winter Haven Resort in Brownsville, Texas for three years now. The first winter (2006/7), we stayed the first two weeks as Coast to Coast Deluxe members, while we looked around all over the Rio Grande Valley to see if ...
On The Border
Our first full day in Brownsville, TX...I am working this week, so most of my day is spent at the hotel. Jerry visits with his parents in the morning, then picks up the kids to do something fun in the afternoon. Today was a quiet day. We went ...
Our Last Night on the Border
Hello All. We have really enjoyed our stay in Brownsville, TX to visit Jerry's parents. We don't see them often and it is always bittersweet when the visit nears an end. We went out for a casual dinner with the parents and Jerry's brother, ...
On to Brownsville again...
... the WalMart parking lot in the relatively small town of Edna, we drove on to our winter home at the Winter Haven Resort in Brownsville, TX. This year we got a nice location right on one of the resacas (canals), so Terry can fish right off the deck. ...
Jim & June's Odyssey 090301
... couple days but now we're back to 90-95. Yesterday it was a pleasant 102 degrees. Visited: · Historic Downtown Brownsville - Compared to historic sections in other cities, this one is large - consuming several blocks. The architecturally stunning ...
Waiting, frustrated, humiliated
We have submitted most of the documentation to Roberto from the Piolin Caravan. It was hard to do, as I am in Texas and most of my people are in Colorado. Yesterday, my good friend Hector Hernandez called me. He ...
On the Border
... at Tacqueria Jaliscos for a lunch break. This is our traditional stop whenever we make the trek between San Antonio and Brownsville. The food is always better than I remember from the previous visit. As soon as we arrived in Brownsville, we ...
Mt. Ascutney Day Hike
This morning started off a little cold (45ºF) and cloudy with a chance of showers in the forecast. That sounded good enough for us. I was a little slow getting up this morning but we made it to the trailhead by 7am. I had forgotten ...
To the BORDER
... updates during our stay there(we can actually send pictures to our blog through Rick's camera phone!).....here's are update from Brownsville... July 11th- down to the Border! So today we went on our next adventure- down to Brownsville, Texas, which ...
Winding down our Winter Texan season
I can hardy believe that I haven't written anything for several weeks. Mardi Gras was a popular theme for a few events including a fun parade all around the park, it was rather amazing how much creativity and fun was had by all, not to ...
Back in good ole US of A!
So, finally, we crossed into US territory, after being in Baja for days. The trip was excellent, and I would advise it to anyone. The vehicle was great, no problems at all. Just gasoline consumption. Ha ha. We headed for San Benito, ...
Heartland
America's heartland is a strikingly different place from the east. Aside from the obvious landscape differences - treed and farmed rolling plains vs. treed hills and mountains - the look of things is different, the culture, the way people speak, what ...
day 3- LA to TX
... leftover breakfast at a boat launch near the Navidad River (where we saw an owl in the trees) and then drove on, arriving in Brownsville around 11:30 pm. We found a great Motel 6-- the room wasn't huge but it had a full kitchen and laundry facilities-- ...
Just a about out!
Well smooth sailing, othet than having to deal with a few idiots over the phone back home. But oh well their loss!! Not much to say, Flat land!! Looks like Florida, except less hills. Crops are a darker green, corn and what not!! So I'm going to keep it ...
Let the games begin!
... ...here's what I've got for ya. So we just finished our first big day of the trip. Plano, TX to Brownsville, TX.......roughly 9 hours later, here we sit in our new Motel 6 palace. While not exactly the palace to make just any king ...
Home Again at Last
Well, we crossed our final border yesterday arriving in Brownsville, Texas late morning! We left the caravan group at Catemaco, Mexico on March 29th. Two other members of the group joined us in driving directly to the border, cutting off the final three ...
Still enjoying Brownsville
... ; The last thing was to do some jobs on the trailer and get insurance for the car and trailer. We chose Sanborn's in Brownsville and Ian was surprised to see the GE logo on the insurance policy, having worked for GE for thirty years. We are ...
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