13 January ‘09 Tuesday
Yesterday was a busy day. We were crossing over the Queen Isabella Causeway
Yesterday was a busy day. We were crossing over the Queen Isabella Causeway
just after 10:30 on our way to the South Padre Island. The white sands of South Padre Island, is a destination beach area with a few high rise luxury hotels, condominiums, loads of restaurants, rv parks, and…Schlitterbahn. Schlitterbahn is a 15 acre water park that sits on the south end. It features a 240 foot tube shoot, a half mile river to float, and among other things, a 5 story Sandcastle slide.
I can only imagine just how crowded this place is during “the season”. We also had read some good things about the zoo in Brownsville, so seeing as how it’s been a long time since we’ve visited a zoo…we went. No sooner do you walk through the gates and you are standing in front of the gorilla enclosure. The “gray-back” definitely made his self noticed as he watched over his family.
This zoo is also known as one that has some great skills in animal reproduction. In the gorilla enclosure there was at least 3 that were less than 6 months old and another female that was pregnant. And then there was the giraffe enclosure…there were 2 little ones there as well. Over all I wouldn’t say that this was one of the best zoo’s we’ve been too but we did have a good time. This morning we decided that we should visit Matamoros, Mexico. Brownsville has a great deal for those of us that want to visit Matamoros by walking across the bridge. They offer curb-side parking in downtown Brownsville for $.25 an hour. For $1 we got 4 hours parking so that we could go across the border to visit the market and have lunch. We found this little lunch counter
that served us a great meal and made us both wish we were spending more time in Mexico, if not just for the food (and drink..).
