September 2010 Part 2

October 06, 2010 • Leave a Comment

September 2010 Part 2

Brownsville

Brownsville is about 4 hours south of Corpus Christi. We’d had a couple days of rain in Corpus Christi, so we were pleased when the rain let up a bit during moving day. We were able to get to San Benito (outside of Brownsville) and hook up without getting wet. A couple of days later we learned the rain had resumed in Corpus Christi and they received over 7 inches in a 24 hour period. Whew, I suspect we’d have been underwater where we were staying on the beach.

Our first adventure was to Nuevo Progresso, Mexico. Tom wanted to check out a Mexican dentist someone had recommended. He wasn’t impressed with the dentist, but we had nice lunch at Arturo’s.

The next day we drove to South Padre Island, but the rain had returned and the roads were too flooded to sightsee. We had no trouble getting to Dirty Al’s, however, for great FRESH shrimp. Don't miss this place if you're in the area.

Someone suggested we visit the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville and Tom couldn’t pass up the opportunity to photograph wild animals.

San Antonio

Our next stop was San Antonio. We visited here many years ago and wanted to see more.

We started with a tour of the missions. There are a string of old Spanish missions, the Alamo being the most famous.

Concepcion

Mission Concepcion is an active parish.

San Jose

San Juan

We visited the River Walk, of course, and it’s still as charming as we remembered it.

The play, Jersey Boys, was wrapping up a tour in San Antonio and we managed to see one of the last performances. It was great and also a treat to see it in the historic Majestic Theater.

Kerrville

Kerrville is northwest of San Antonio and in the Texas Hill Country. We found a city park, Kerrville-Schreiner, formerly a state park, to stay in. We spent a few days touring the area and in the evening we walked in the park looking for wildlife.

Guadalupe River winds through the Hill Country.

Old buildings in Comfort.

General Store at Camp Verde, where camels were trained for use prior to the Civil War.

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