Cold in the RG Valley

La Feria, Texas
Been a while since I have posted -- will review my photos and see where I have been.

 Monday we were picked up by volunteers from Emma's Free Clinic from Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico and taken on a tour of their clinic and school in the same colonial as well as around several other colonials of Progreso.  At left, in rear is Burl and Donna Penny from Kansas with Gordon Mayer from Nevada on the right.  In middle seat is Earnestine Malone from New York and Petie Cleveland from Indiana.  Lavin Boozer from Illinois is behind me and Harold Malone from New York is beside me out of the picture.

 Dick, our guide, has lived in Weslaco, TX for the last 8 years, but was from Indiana, I believe.

  His daughter Nora drove the van.   Photo at left shows the trucks on Mexico side waiting for inspection as they go north into the US.

This is the Mabel's Free Clinic building in Nuevo Progreso.  Click here for web site

They are organized in Weslaco but serve in Progreso on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande River.  You can see many of their photos and info there.

This little girl had just gotten some tooth work done and is picking out a knitted cap for herself from the bunch that we brought.  Gordon and his wife Bev (who didn't come on the trip) make these throughout the year to donate in the Rio Grande Valley area.

I have uploaded all photos taken on this trip to Mexico at Mabel's Free Clinic   Click on this link to view them.

Have many more pictures about the trip, and our Appreciation Dinner put on by the owners of Kenwood RV Park where Bill & Darlene Winslow were crowned King & Queen


Has been 5 hours since I started writing this -- seems like interruptions all the time.  Will continue it later.
Lynn