Awake: 6:17am Temp 55 sleep 5+53 overcast overnight @ Mission, Texas.
After a good cereal breakfast of (Basic 4; Spoon size Shredded Wheat with Bran, Cherrios + frozen blueberries, frozen strawberries & mixed with Dannon La Cream raspberry yogurt + milk, I go outside & top off the Suzuki’s radiator & we drive south (12) miles to Hidalgo, Texas. We park in a secure lot on the Texas side & then visit a few duty free stores that are very close to the Mexican border. After looking over some tempting low cost items, we walk across & over the Rio Grande River & bridge into Reynosa, Mexico.
The city is old & appears not to be a destination stop for US folks; sidewalks & stores were void of street vendors trying to sell their wares and there was very, very little activity everywhere we walked. A majority of the buildings we saw were desperately in need of restoration or renovation. We checked 5 or 6 pharmacies for competitive pricing on some medicine that Kathy uses that would require a prescription in the USA.
Mid afternoon, the clouds dissipated, the sun exposed itself & the afternoon was beautiful for our casual walking around town. After some 2 hrs of sauntering around town, we cross over the Rio Grande River & back to the USA.
Back in our Suzuki, Fonzy had left a message that our radiator has arrived from California; so we can bring our car in for repair anytime. I return Fonzy’s call to let him know I’ll bring in the Suzuki tomorrow approx 7:30am.
En route to our motorhome, we do some light grocery shopping @ a HEB store close to our campground. We also spot a Catholic church to attend on Saturday; this time with English spoken.
A box from UPS was waiting by our motorhome when we returned. The box is from HWH & contains a new Module for the rear section of our leveling system.
7:45 dinner: Lemon poppy seed chicken, whole wheat noodles & spinach salad with toast.
Tonight’s TV: The History Channel; a documentary on George Washington Carver.
High temp=? Lights out: 10:18pm
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