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Travel Blogs from Mission

Crossing the Border

A travel blog entry by courtrand

We crossed the border and it was easier than going through the Holland Tunnel. �More pics and story to come soon.

... t make it, because it was a Friday afternoon, and most of the administrative staff had gone home for the day. And the Aduana treasury office, where we had to pay for the damaged post, was CLOSED until MONDAY!!
But after lots of pouting, and having Lulu shed some real tears, we got a very nice lady to work things out with us. We were able to pay the fine at the bank, $10,300 pesos (about ...

Happy 4th of JULY

A travel blog entry by luluandal

We had a great stay at the Magnolia RV Park in Donna, Texas the week of the 4th of July with about 20 other summer residents and were able to entertain them for their cookout. It is so ironic that we stayed at a "Magnolia Springs RV Park", in Magnolia Springs, Alabama, and we met a couple who had stayed at this park in Texas. They had given us the name and contact info, in case we wanted to stay. We actually wanted to get closer to the crossing that we ...

Texas (in July) was the HOTTEST PLACE on the trip!

A travel blog entry by trekamerica

... here. A must to see is the old (and only one) hand-drawn ferry that runs across the Rio Grande River in Los Ebanos.

McAllen
The average high in January is 70 �F and the average low is 50 �F. The
average high is 96 �F and the average low is 76 �F in August. The warm
season is extremely long, as average high temperatures are above 90�F
(32 �C) and average low temperatures are above ...

Ahhhh....The Onion Festival

A travel blog entry by lynda_and_bob

Once again the people never cease to amaze me. Could it be that we've joined this generation. Couldn't be!
The Onion Festival is like a big country fair, crafts, car show, entertainment, rides and ONIONS. The onions are called 1015's because they plant them Oct 15th...like Vedalias but BIG. It was worth the ...