Awake: 6:55am Temp 62 sleep 6+31 rain continues until noon
time, then cloudy ….overnight @ Brownsville, Texas
Kathy makes sourdough pancakes served with maple syrup, eggs over easy, &
bacon for breakfast.
After studying our latest brochures of what to see & do in Brownsville, we
are dismayed to find out that most places we are interested in going
to…..are closed on Sunday. Even though the rain has subsided, the winds
are uncomfortably strong. So with our limited options, we choose to see
the Palo Alto Visitors’ Center & Battlefield; 15 min from our campground.
Lady Garmin makes it easy for us to find.
It is written that the annexation of Texas by the US in 1845 was a major
cause of the 2 year US/Mexican War which was declared on May 13, 1846
along the Rio Grande in the Palo Alto area. Here, about 158 yrs later, a
battlefield tour & visitors’ center is established to commemorate this
event. We watched a reenactment movie of this battle & then, despite the
strong winds & falling temperature, walked the 1 mile trail overlooking a
lot of the battlefield area. We suspect they are not finished with the
outside area as there was very little to see from the trails, period!
From here we drive 20 min south, turn on Billy Mitchell Blvd & check out
the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport where a wing of
the ole Confederate Air Force is located. I had called this CAF via cell
phone earlier with no answer. Sure enough, they too, are closed on
Sundays. The ole CAF has changed its name to Commemorative Air Force
Flying Museum, now moved to Midland, Texas which we visited in February
28, 2005. If you are interested in WWII aircraft that still fly, that
without a doubt, is the place to see. We are back to our bus by 4:30.
I call my cousin Roger who lives with his wife Maria in Harlingen, a mere
20 miles north. Our plan was to do some touring in Brownsville before
visiting them @ their home. As we are talking, Roger offers to drive down
to see us & then have dinner together @ a nearby Italian restaurant. With
Kathy’s approval, we welcome this opportunity to get together earlier than
planned.
Roger & Maria arrive around 6:00pm. I have not seen Maria since the mid
60’s when she was visiting Nicktown with their two young daughters @ that
time. Now, all 4 daughters are married with children, giving Roger and
Maria 10 grandchildren. We have wine in our MH & start catching up on each
others retirement lifestyle activities & then, 7:45 dinner @ the
restaurant “Johnny Carino’s. K & I share a crab ravioli dinner, a
delicious Italian dish. We return to our bus where I show Maria & Roger a
slide show on the plasma TV of this year’s Memorial Day parade in
Nicktown. I could tell they were holding back their excitement. We will
talk tomorrow about future rendezvous’.
High temp=62 Lights out: 12:39am
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