Christmas Eve 2011

La Feria, TX  49º with fog/misty rain.

 Been almost week since I posted--busy with visitors.  Our Daughter Michelle arrived late Monday night by car and we picked up son Cameron and wife Patty in San Antonio Thursday evening.

Phyllis in Mexico -- Michelle still in the USA (on Rio Grande River Bridge)

Walking the bridge over the Rio Grande River

We went to Progresso, MX on Tuesday.  Did the usual few blocks down one side and back on the other.  There was hardly anybody there!

Empty streets in Progresso.

Inside Canada store.

A lot of people not here!

Never saw it so dead.  And, the restaurant at the Canada store is closed!  We ate at Artruo's http://www.shop-progreso.com/Restaurants/arturos/index.html and enjoyed the meal, though were a little late - about 1:30 pm - we were with only 4 others eating.

True Mexican food at Arturo's.

Michelle, Betty Snyder, Bill Wenzlow & Phyllis.

We played Pegs & Jokers at our place that evening.
Wednesday, after going to stretching exercises at the hall, we went to Don-Wes Market and back to Harlingen for late lunch at Las Vegas Restaurant.  Really really good Mexican food there.

 

We went out to Mitchels orchard and picked 3 buckets of grapefruit.

Michelle picking grapefruit.

Thursday morning we stopped at the Visitors Center in Harlingen to pick up some maps and literature on this area, San Antonio area, and also the Big Bend area that we hope to visit in February.  We headed on up Highway 77 on the way to San Antonio, stopping in Kingville to eat at a real good BBQ place, I can't recall the name of it.  (Seems like we eat a lot, don't it?)
   We picked up Cam & Patty at the airport in San Antonio and went directly downtown to the Alamo and then to the RiverWalk and took the boat ride to see the lights from the river.

Outside the Alamo t night.

Lots of lights along the RiverWalk

 

Lots of lights along the RiverWalk

I will stop here, and pick up Friday on to today a little later--too many activities going on.

Lynn