I arrived in McAllen on Thursday night in a light rain and I hoped that the weekend would be a little drier. On Friday morning we slept in and began our day at about 10:00am. Our first stop was to be the McAllen Nature Center to find one of Silver Eagle's microboxes. It would seem that my letterboxing is on the fritz for this trip. The Nature Center is closed for construction. With that option no longer available the weekend would be all about visiting with my friend Regina. So we ran errands, went out to lunch, did a little shopping and just talked a lot. Friday turned out to be quite relaxing and even though it was a little cloudy - a very nice day.
Saturday morning Regina and I attend a crafts fair in the morning where Regina was selling frames that she has been decorating. It wasn't the best or most exciting crafts fair I have ever seen. It was in a place where there are all these retirees that move to Texas for the winter. Very few of them actually bought anything - I think that is was more of a social occasion for them. By 11:30am things at the fair fizzled out and we left. We had some lunch, did one errand and returned home for a little rest. Later we went to Barnes & Nobles for a coffee and to look for books. We returned home and just relaxed, watched TV and talked for the evening.
Today we went over the border to Nuevo Progreso with one of Regina's friends. We parked on this side and walked over the bridge. We shopped, ate, people watched and then ate some more. There were lots of colorful things but there was also the dullness of all the dirty and run down buildings. It was also a little sad to see all the young children running around the town selling things and begging for money. It seemed to me that they weren't able to enjoy their childhood. Even with that we enjoyed our day just walking and talking and shopping. We are back at Regina's just relaxing and gettign dinner ready. Tomorrow morning I head for Houston.
Saturday morning Regina and I attend a crafts fair in the morning where Regina was selling frames that she has been decorating. It wasn't the best or most exciting crafts fair I have ever seen. It was in a place where there are all these retirees that move to Texas for the winter. Very few of them actually bought anything - I think that is was more of a social occasion for them. By 11:30am things at the fair fizzled out and we left. We had some lunch, did one errand and returned home for a little rest. Later we went to Barnes & Nobles for a coffee and to look for books. We returned home and just relaxed, watched TV and talked for the evening.
Today we went over the border to Nuevo Progreso with one of Regina's friends. We parked on this side and walked over the bridge. We shopped, ate, people watched and then ate some more. There were lots of colorful things but there was also the dullness of all the dirty and run down buildings. It was also a little sad to see all the young children running around the town selling things and begging for money. It seemed to me that they weren't able to enjoy their childhood. Even with that we enjoyed our day just walking and talking and shopping. We are back at Regina's just relaxing and gettign dinner ready. Tomorrow morning I head for Houston.
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We're enjoying your daily Blog updates, lionsmane.
As you already know they are hundreds of letterboxes in the Houston area. We hope that the weather will cooperate so that you can find some of them.
Have a great time!
The Twinville Trekkers5
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