Awake: 5:53am Temp 62 sleep 5+48 sunny overnight @ Mission, TX.
Melissa Thum, daughter of Larry, returns my call @ 8:20am. I had asked the question as to why our motorhome insurance premium keeps going up each yr when we know our coach is depreciating & is not worth its original value. Several calls later, I am told by Melissa that we still have the total coach replacement coverage @ its original price + the underwriters have all raised their premiums each yr. She lets me know that I do have the choice of devaluing our coach’s worth & they would adjust our premium according or simply leave it the way it is. My choice is to keep the total replacement coverage & pay the premium.
Kathy & I do 30 min of exercise with Gilad.
Late morning, K & I take the defunct Module over to FedEx Kinko’s on N. 10th Street in McAllen & had it shipped back to HWH for credit. On our return trip, we stop @ the Broadway Hardware store & Home Depot looking for a special light bulb that’s made in Mexico. Neither store had what I am looking for.
Gary calls just as we are leaving the Home Depot; he wants our opinion on visiting Nuevo Progresso, Mexico today. We had been talking about this the last few days but the doctor visits took precedence. “Let’s do it” I say.
Back @ our motorhome, we change clothes & make sure we have the proper identification to re-enter the US when coming from Mexico. Gary volunteers to drive their rental car, but before we leave, they present us with a small gift: 15 Lindt dark chocolate, 70% cocoa, candy bars. Be still my beating heart! You see, I’ve been giving them squares of Lindt chocolate after our dinner meals & they want to be sure we don’t run out.
35 min later, Gary maneuvers the rental car into the secure lot in Progresso on the US side. Then we browse the duty free shop a little before walking over the bridge & the Rio Grande River to the town of Nuevo Progresso, Mexico. Both Kathy & I were here with my cousin Roger just last December 7th. It’s a nice town; very clean, visitor friendly & a lot of Mexican stuff to look at.
Kathy & Grace check out quite a few stores while Gary & I patiently hang outside & do some people watching. Gary is not wearing his walking shoes today; so instead of having to listen to his grumbling, we duck into a bar restaurant called Arturos & each have a Margarita with chips to help support keeping his spirits up.
We continue our walking through town with the girls occasionally disappearing into a store here & there & basically it’s up to us to keep track ….where are they now?! By chance, Kathy found a pharmacy with good prices on medicine for her & for either of us should we come down with a bug during our travels. Grace also purchased some medicine for Gary @ the right price. Also, Grace found a cute outfit for Amanda, one of their granddaughters. Now we return to that bar restaurant, Arturos for dinner around 5:30pm: the 4 of us share 2 fajita dinners with refried beans, rice & fried onion rings. Quite good we all agreed.
When exiting the restaurant, we find the streets dimly lit & all the street vendors are putting their wares away in boxes, then into their cars.
Crossing over the Rio Grande River & across the bridge back into the USA was routine; Another 35 min & we return to our campground with a quick stop @ the main hall for G & G to sign up for a blood screening program with us tomorrow.
Today’s high=80 Lights out: 11:29pm
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