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1/13/2009

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_13 January ‘09 Tuesday

Yesterday was a busy day.  We were crossing over the Queen Isabella Causeway


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_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. 

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_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. 

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_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


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_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..). 

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