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• Crossing southern New Mexico
• Kathy with old friend, Helen Rasplicka, in San Antonio
• Helen shares some of her artistic work with Kathy
• The bridge from Corpus Christi to North Padre Island
• We ate at this restaurant later this evening
• The gulf of Mexico at North Padre Island beach
• Very flat, compacted white sand
• Kathy and the gulf
• Waiting for the car ferry back to Corpus Christi
• An oil tanker on the way to dock
• In line for the short ferry trip
• A view south from our overnight condo rental
• The beach area in front of the condo rental units
• These units were very nice and reasonable
• Lots of snowbirds at the Island House
• Supper at Snoopy's near the bridge
• View from inside the restaurant. Nice warm evening.
• The fisherman was wading in shallow shoals
• Enjoying our seafood supper
• Sunset on North Padre Island
• The view from the back door of our condo
• Edwin at softball in Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley)
• Kathy with the spectators
• Connie & Kathy harassing Edwin and poker buddies
• Connie & Kathy playing bingo at the activity centerr
• Out to eat at Fat Daddy's in Weslaco
• Fat Daddy' restaurant decorations
• The statues at the Hispanic church in San Juan, TX, west of Weslaco
• San Juan stations of the cross outside the church
• San Juan stations
• San Juan stations
• Very popular church (English/Spanish service)
• The bell tower
• San Juan church interior
• Kathy, Myrna, Keith, Connie & Edwin
• Mariachi style church band
• Latin American & US flags under the cross
• Centerpiece behind the altar
• Connie, Keith, Kathy,Edwin, Mryna & Arnie
• Outside Connie & Edwin's fifth wheel trailer
• On the bridge between Progreso, Mexico, and Progreso, TX
• Progreso, Mexico, main tourist street
• Kathy checking jewelry at the Mexican shops
• It's a good place to shop and get dental work done
• Watching Edwin play softball again in Weslaco
• Mryna, Keith, Edwin, Connie & Kathy
• The Benson clan before leaving for McAllen airport
• Kathy at the flea market near McAllen
• At the flea market
• At a jazz jam session in Pharr, Texas
• Leaving Brownsville for South Padre Island
• Checking out the South Padre beaches
• Arnie at one of the public beach entrances
• Looking northeast along the beaches
• Looking southwest
• Kathy and the Gulf of Mexico
• The birds were fun to watch
• Interesting dune patterns
• Good food and service at Amberjacks in South Padre
• A week later, after Mexico, in Kansas
• At a motel in Lawrence, Kansas, 70 degrees on March 5th
• Back to Wayzata on the 6th. Note the snow.
• Nice day, but still plenty of ice on Lake Minnetonka