Holiday Inn Reynosa Industrial

On the side of the trailer on the side of the road in Reynosa.

Juan had to cross the truck in Los Indios and then come pick me and the girls up.

They held Juan at the border in Los Indios for FOUR hours searching him and it would have been longer if not for monetary *encouragememnt* to mover things along.

He finally showed up at nearly 8 pm and almost dark. That's after we ...

... bit after that I helped mamaw clean the motor home. After that I played water volleyball. At 8:30 I took mamaw on a long ride in the golf cart. When we got back I watched the rest of Harry Potter! I don't think we are ready to leave yet. Maybe by tomorrow afternoon.

... grid like US streets, and there was no central plaza area, just a large parking structure. I asked my host later if there was a good place around to go hiking or walking, and he suggested a bird sanctuary about 20 miles away. But most of the time, it's too unpleasant out to hike, anyway. In the afternoon, I reached the McAllen airport an hour before flight time, and everything was on time. As we neared departure time, we heard the flight was delayed ...

... but I don't think it worked well. When we went out to dinner, to Costa Messa, the humidity had broken, and it was actually fairly pleasant. Tried to find the new downtown ... but no luck. McAllen is just flat, streets in grids, and endless big-box strip malls. Except for Furr's Buffet, a ridiculou name, I didn't even see any shops of interest. Major thunderstorm at night, starting around 3am.

... for grabbing a cup of coffee. Did some people watching: particularly liked the guy with the mohawk, carrying a Nordstrom's suit bag. Flight to McAllen was also on time. A much larger plane than we expected (737-800), in fact, larger than the plane from San Jose to Houston (737-300), considering that we were going to what we ...

2009 03 15 Nowhere else have we been awestruck by the outstanding examples of architectural traditions of the 19th century builders who combined Mexican & Spanish practices than in this region of Texas. All buildings, arches, stairs, patio's, fences are constructed of solid rock blocks and are a lot heavier than today's cinder blocks so the muscle power to build them must have been excruciating. Observed: · There are several "Wildlife Refuges & Bird Sanctuaries" in the ...

... 40x90), concrete slab to park on, 1800 grapefruit and lemon trees & tall palm trees all over. This RV resort (plus 5 others in the area) is owned by a couple from Vancouver. After a quick calculation, they bring in about $30,000 per DAY from each resort. Oh, they also own one of the premiere golf courses in Mercedes, TX called the Llano Grande. Ka-ching! There are very few Albertans but lots from Manitoba and Ontario. Newfoundlanders are involved with all activities (gate ...

Due to the recent violence at the border, the trip was canceled. I was really looking forward to this trip! Especially the people and the Mole at the end of the trip. Well safety first.. unfortunately, it is our Mexican patients that lost out in the end. Reynosa violence

Playing a little catch-up here because it's taken awhile to mfigure pout this blog business. Will try to re-cap the trip to date - complete with adventures - for any who might be interested. After winterizing and then abandoning the Alpenlite 5th Wheel in frigid Bernallio, NM; with the Work & Play toy hauler hitched to "Big Green", we made the roughly 1,000 mile trip to south Texas. After two days of ...

Hello everyone, well how things can change. I got sick and we decided that I had better take care of it before we headed into Mexico. Everytuhing is going well and it looks like we will be able to cross the border on the 3rd of Dec. Mike and J&R are in Xpuha on the beach. Sure ...