Courtyard By Marriott Brownsville

Meghan and I were able to shoot the 300 Mag. in this afternoon. We were not able to find and Elk life size target for practice, but had to settle for this Whitetail Deer. She shot this target and scored in the Harvest Zone from 100, 200, 250 &amp; 300 Yards.<br>All we need now is the Elk to walk out in front of her once we are hunting.

The "To Do" &amp; "Get Ready" Lists continues. <br><br>We should be ready by this weekend, and have the majority of our stuff packed.<br>Still have a few things to buy, but overall we could leave tomorrow if we had to.<br>This is really going to be a fun ...

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.<br><br>We went out for a casual dinner with the parents and Jerry's brother, Juan, and wife Vivian. Then it was back to the hotel to begin packing up our belongings.

It is always a must to spend some time on South Padre Island. SPI is located about 20 minutes from Brownsville. Alex now knows about the "beach". He did not want to leave.<br><br>This was the girls first visit to the beach. They thought it was okay, but would have ...

... Padre Island to have dinner at Amberjack's. I had a fabulous surf 'n' turf dinner with filet mignon and Alaskan King Crab legs...yummmm!!<br><br>Dinner took a long time to arrive at our table, so of course dessert was on management. Don't worry...I did not partake of the sinful decadence.

... commuter plane, but it did the trick and in 55 minutes after taking off from Houston, we were practically at the Mexico border! We were told there are many "pirate taxis" who are really kidnappers, so we really have to discern. We found a nice taxi driver who took us from Brownsville International Airport to the border, through customs, and ...

... resort. They are very noisy. · Garage Sales - While drinking coffee outside of our motorhome one morning, there was a stampede of people running down the street, some with money in their outstretched arms all rushing for a garage sale just a few doors away. Vehicles stopped nose-to-nose on the street completely blocking off any thru traffic. The drivers flung open their doors (and left them open) while they ran to the sale. The pandemonium for junk was modestly amusing ...

... it took every last drop of gas... that we had. We felt somewhat nervous, and more now that we now that we had 2 litres of gasoline left!!! Another funny thing, they didn't take any credit card, we had to pay cash, which took all of or money... except 7 cents. The gas gauge showed one thickness of the needle PAST the empty mark on the gauge. Phew! We were trying to make it to the camp site before 4 pm, as they told us they were closing at ...

Well, here we go again...driving further yet into the south. This time we're off to Brownsville, Texas, which is literally on the Border of Mexico. I mean REALLY...our hotel is 3 blocks from one of the International bridges. In fact, the information we read about the town said that Brownsville and its "sister city" on the other side of the border, Matamoros are often thought of as one city. It ought to be interesting. We won't have internet in ...

One reason I'm taking the coastal route of course is that I&#8217;ve already done the Laredo Route, including police fine for littering, so this is new. Who knows what you&#8217;ll find around every bend, right? Also there&#8217;s a dirt cheap flight from Harlingen to Houston ...