After a couple of days of not taking our 2 mile morning walk, we were ready to go today. It was a beautiful morning and I think it is going to be a spectacular day.
Our friends Dennis and Pam are picking us up at 10 for a jaunt into Mexico at Progresso. I enjoy the drive from Mission as we get to see many of the vegetable fields along the way. Pam and I decided we would make a trip to Hidalgo soon to visit the "Appliance Store" - every kind of small appliances available for very reasonable prices. Last year I bought my airfryer for $20. We also want to visit the nearby Pulga (Flea Market). I think they have some of the nicest vegetables I've seen down here. The cauliflower is just huge. I'll have to be sure and take some pictures to share.
We arrived at the border. The parking lots were busy today.
Pam and I both wanted to get pedicures. We found a place that had openings. The guys went outside to people watch and have something to drink while waiting on us. I was very pleased with my pedicure, but I messed up my left big toe slightly as we were leaving. It's not too bad and probably no one will even notice it but me.
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| Regular Vanilla |
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| Large bag of cinnamon |
From there we crossed the street to a grocery store. I purchased 4 bottles of regular vanilla and 1 clear bottle of vanilla, along with a large package of cinnamon. All of this for $5.40. The cinnamon smells so good and the vanilla tastes great---I know, as I've almost used up the bottle I bought last year.
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| Clear Vanilla |
We ate lunch at the Red Snapper. I had a Mexican plate with taco, enchilada, tamale, beans and rice. Dean had fried shrimp and fries. It was all quite good. I was going to take a picture when our food arrived - set my phone on the table and everything - then what did we do - dove right in! Sorry, no pictures of the meal - but how about these?
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| Me, Pam, Dennis & Dean |
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| Dennis, Dean and Me |
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| Pictures above and below were taken from the balcony of our restaurant. |
I tried to get Dean to get his hair cut as they had a barber in the same shop where we had our pedicures, but he would not do it. Now, I will have to!! Lol!
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| Semi's leaving Mexico - dedicated road just for them. |
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| Cars leaving Mexico - many from US drive over for the day - you can get your car washed right on main street if you can find a place to park. We prefer to walk in and out. |
After Pam and Dennis dropped us at our RV Park, I made the dreaded call to Verizon to backtrack on my decision to get rid of the Jetpack, and asked them to go ahead and activate it. It wasn't bad so bad, and in less than 10 minutes it was done and Dean had our devices set up to connect to it when needed. I'm not sure he has the printer connected yet and that is one of the main reasons we got it. If I'm away from the RV with my phone, he cannot print anything. With the Jetpack we will both be able to use the printer anytime.
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| Our new jetpack - well, I'm not sure about new since it says we've used 36.458 GB - we just connected in the last 3 hours; so I doubt there's been more than a few MB used, I hope! |
What a gorgeous day it has been - temperatures hit 80 today and we are in sandals, shorts/capris, and short sleeved shirts. I'm sorry to rub it in to those of you experiencing really cold temperatures. Dean called his sister in Illinois to gloat a little since they are having some really, really cold weather right now, and it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow (1 degree) according to my weather app. Brrrr!
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