Hidalgo, United States

We left McAllen around 8 in the morning, heading seven miles south towards Hidalgo on the border opposite Reynoso, Mexico. At the border, one by one, vehicles had to be emptied of human content and a giant, mobile x-ray machine scanned each vehicle ...

... bigger in Texas. Tons of people weigh ½ a ton. Unbelievable! In a field of pigs, some would be hippopotamus'. Visited: · Hidalgo Pumphouse - Built in 1909 to raise the water out of the Rio Grande River 27ft into irrigation canals at a rate of 200, ...

... and had them sent UPS overnight to us. We were so glad that we had someone to do that for us. Saturday, Jan 14, 2006 Hidalgo, TX Received the items that we'd forgotton and had to get water heater fixed. Got our hologram that lets us into Mexico. So ...