Donna, TX & Mexico

Today Linda and I went to Mexico. This is the border crossing. We parked and walked over.

This is the river taken from the middle of the bridge.
You can stand with one foot in each country at this point on the bridge.

Need some garlic? The owner of this three wheeled bicycle has plenty.
There was very obvious security as soon as we got into Mexico. There were several of these young men with very large guns watching the incoming traffic. As you can see this guy was friendly and happy to have his picture taken.

The sidewalks were packed with vendors but the selection was limited. Vendor after vendor had the same stuff to sell.

I took the first picture and turned around and took the second one the other direction. Sometimes we went into stores just to avoid the offers on the street. There were many many dentists with people on the street trying to get you to come in and get a crown or a cleaning or even braces. One of them was so insistent that I showed him my dentures. He laughed and said I had proved I didn't need a dentist. There was also a lot of pharmacies selling drugs and perscriptions. I got Advantage flea dope for the dogs at a greatly discounted price. I also got some 2.5 percent cortisone cream.

We found a quiet restaurant for lunch, at least it was quiet at 11:00. We decided we were just rushing the time change by having lunch early. As we were leaving it began to get noisy with a strolling musician singing something that involved a lot of eeeiii yi yi's.

This plate full of food was $5.00. We also had a small marguarita just to celebrate and then they gave us another in honor of happy hour.

All in all it was a great day, one to remember. My thermometer says it is 95 outside but maybe the sun is on it. Or maybe not since the air conditioner is running full blast and has brought it down to 80 inside.