2019 gulf coast – part 24, Corpus Christi: King Ranch
Have you ever seen this emblem on a Ford truck? I have but never thought anything of it and never asked Barney about it. But as we were talking about...
2019 gulf coast – part 25, Brownsville: SpaceX, start of Intracoastal Waterway and end of Rio Grande River, lunch on South Padre Island
We’re in Brownsville, Texas, which I had never heard of before this trip but is important for a number of reasons. First, it is the southern tip of Texas on...
2019 Rio Grande – part 1, Brownsville: what’s the conflict all about?
We started learning about the history of the conflict between the U.S. and Mexico when we were at the Texas Rangers Museum in Waco, Texas, but that was only the...
2019 Rio Grande – part 2, Brownsville: along the border
With all the news these days, you’ve probably been wondering, “What does the border look like at Brownsville?” We took a few pictures to show you. close up view; distance...
2019 Rio Grande – part 3, Laredo: a state park on the edge of a city, a museum, a border, and lunch
About 200 miles north along the Rio Grande River is Laredo. What we knew of this town (city) is from the song “Streets of Laredo” and westerns. Have you ever...