December 1 to 4, 2014.

Monday December 1, 2014.

Here, we are on our way to Nuevo Progreso, Mexico.  We are going with our friends Charles and Agnes.

Charles being the funny man!  We are still on the US side of the border.

We have to cross the International Bridge over the Rio Grande River to go in Mexico.  The cost to go over the bridge is $0.50.  To to come back in the US, it is $0.35.
We are at the actual border between the US and Mexico.  I am in Mexico and Michele is in the US.  Behind us is the Rio Grande River.

We are in Mexico.

The Avenue Benito Juarez, it is the "main" street once you are off the bridge.
Like Los Algodones near Yuma, you have dentists, glasses, drug stores and small boutiques.

There is always something to see in Mexico!

A bar with only about eight chairs!

The New Orleans hotel.

We are in the "Garcia's Canada Store".  They have nothing Canadian here!  This bottle is way too much tequila, even for both of us!

We have never seen crosses like these two.  At over $300 per cross, it is not for us.  They are very beautiful.

Who is giving a kiss to Michele?

Once we are done with the store we move upstairs to the restaurant for our lunch.  Our meals are the same as Charles and Agnes.  Two different Mexican platters.

Margarita and beer.

While we are in Mexico, we checked out the prices to changes my lenses on my glasses.  I scratched mine.  The prices in Mexico are almost the same as in Texas.  I will get the new one in Texas to support the local economy.

We also visited a few dentists to check out the prices to finish my two implants.

This young man promised us to have a bracelet done in less then two minutes and for only $3.  We got one made for our son Benoit.

It was simply incredible to watch him handling the threads really fast.

Benoit's bracelet is almost done.

Agnes got one made for her grand-daughter. She added some heart to the bracelet.

The young man also makes masks.  Who is hiding behind the mask?

Just before we crossed over to the US, we stopped for one last frozen margarita.  We have to keep hydrated after all!

They are good margaritas. 

On the international bridge going to the US.

A very good day and warm on top of that.
I found a dentist to do the second part of the implants.  First, he has to call the dentist in Los Algodones and find out more information about my implants.  They should be done before next year.
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Tuesday December 2, 2014.

Another cold front is rolling over us.
Last night it went down to + 46 F and the maximum for today is +54 F.
I know that people from up north would say, "This is nothing", but you should see the locals! They are dressed as if it is - 40 F.  It is so funny to watch them shiver!
Instead of staying home, we are out shopping.  The main street in Weslaco.

The Walmart, Big Lot, Home Depot and the liquor store.  We are back home by three thirty.

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Wednesday December 3, 2014.

Today is flea market day next door of the RV Park.  It is just like last week!
We love walking in flea markets.
We are having lunch in the flea market.  Now, you have to remember that all the rules and regulation about food establishments are not the same here in Texas as in Canada.  I am not saying it is dirty or un-safe.  I am just saying they do not freak over the same "cleanliness" as we do!

Why is the photo on the left?  I cannot figure it out!

The till is with the woman sitting down on the left corner.  The kitchen is on the right behind the orange wall.

The dinning room.

Bifteck Quesadillas on flour flat bread for Michele.

The same for me, but my flat bread is corn based.

Once we are back home, I go out for a bike ride.  Guess what?  Yep!  Got a flat tire!  Darn!  Once home, I went to the bike shop and bought two more of those plastic protector and put them in both my tires.

My stallion is ready for the next ride!

Weird weather that we are having today. Cloudy and cool this morning and warmer and humid in the afternoon.

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Thursday November 4, 2014.

Out again for a bike ride in the little town of Alamo.  I am also doing some geocaching.

So far, I have not been lucky finding any caches.  I tried 5 or 6 so far and no luck finding them!

I have never seen a class "C" with the tag axle before.

Luck is coming my way!  I finally found one!  Can you see it?

Now a little closer, in the center of the photo!

This is the only one I found so far.  I could not find they other four!

After lunch, we went to get the tickets for the basketball game on Saturday evening.
The name of the team is "The Vipers".  They are the development team for the Rockets of Houston.

The stadium where they play.

Back home, we, I mean Michele, went to the pool for a dip and I stayed on the sideline.  We are asked if we want to play petanque tonight. We are in!  It was a fun night. 

Both French and English play together, we sure has a great time.

I think we will come back and play again.  We had a great evening!

Until next time.

Life is good!

November 25 to 30, 2014.

Tuesday November 25, 2014.

A relax day for us.  The sun is shining, but the high for today is only +20 C with a cool wind.  I know I am complaining, but it is what it is.

I skyped with my brother for a little while this morning.

A cute bird taking a dust bath.  Charles told me it is an Inca Dove.

In Texas, they have a lots of fire ants and I mean lots of them.  They only way to get rid of them is to poison them with powerful stuff.  It is a Terro product and it comes in a powder form of granular form.  You need both as you want to get the tiny ants too. You need to apply the stuff two or 3 times for it to kill them all.

Two view of our site.

Every Tuesday a produce truck with two trailers comes to the park between one and three o'clock.  The prices are pretty good.

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Wednesday November 26, 2014.

The flea market next to the RV Park is open today.  We are off for some shopping.

It is a big flea market.  This is the open part.

The biggest part of the flea market is under a roof.

It is +77 F and we finish the afternoon in the pool.  Some photos of the pool and spa.

A friend from the park told us that you could still get satellite TV from Canada.  He is with the same provider as me.  Therefore, I try again to get connected with the co-ordinates he gave me. 

It turns out I cannot connect with the satellite.  Oh well!  We got the cable with 200 channels for the next two months anyway.
Tomorrow is Thanks Giving in the States, hummm!

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Thursday November 27, 2014.

I went out for a bike ride this morning.  I went to the little town of Donna.  I ended up doing 11 kilometers.

I also texted our oldest son, Jeremy, and wished him a Happy Birthday.
 
The Thanks Giving meal is at 1 pm today.
The Park supplies the hams and the turkeys, but we, the campers, do the potluck for the rest of the foodstuff.

One big "carport" for the motorhome!

We are sitting with a group of French-Canadian (Quebecers) and got talking so we forgot to take a photo of the hall and the food.  This is the only one...

After we got home, we had to do a garbage run plus a stop at the Park library.

The rest of the day was mostly reading and working on this blog.

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Friday November 28, 2014.

Today is Black Friday!  It is going to be crazy in the stores today, but also the best deals!


We are on our way to find Thrift Shops in the area.  Michele loves Thrift Shops, I like them too, but enough to spend one hours in each of them!
Alamo, the little town west of Donna.

Pharr is the next town and our destination is McAllen.  The next town.

There are lots of traffic lights on "US 83 Business".

After about four Thrift Shops, we stop for our lunch.  Two jumbo dogs and a pop for $2.19 + taxes!  You cannot beat that!

After all the Thrift Shops, we started to shop for my new bike.  My old one was very good at one time, but it was time for it to go!
My old bike in the front and my new bike, minus the front wheel, in the background!

Now a little closer.  Why is the front wheel missing?  In Texas they have what they call "sand burrs" or "grass burr"and when they are dry they will puncture you bicycle tires if you ride on them.  The problem is you cannot see them all the time.  The wind blows them around.  Therefore, I bought an item that will help to prevent a flat to occur because of the burrs.  Tomorrow I will show you what this is all about.

I transferred all the accessories to the new bike.  My new bike is a Schwinn, should I give it a name?  Any suggestion? 

A few days ago, we purchased some chicken breast for Fajita.  They are already marinated.  The red circle is to show you the price per pound.  Here it is $1.47 US and I checked back home, Trenton, Ontario and it was on sale for $3.24 CDN a pound!

The chicken breasts are all cooked, one breast is missing form the photo and the marinating gives it a nice little spicy taste.

Another good day!

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Saturday November 29, 2014.

I told you I was going to put photos of what I did to the bike tires and the burrs!  Well here they are.  The burrs.

When they are dry, they are worst!

Even mountain bike tires cannot resist to the burrs.  I got extra thick tubes and I bought the plastic band that you place inside the tire between the tube and the tire!

This morning we are at the Mercadome, the BIG flea market of the Valley.  It is in the town of Alamo.

They have lots of stalls with new stuff like this store with cowboys boot.

We have learned that here is the valley, the Latinos like what is called "Ropa" stores.  Ropa simply means clothing.  Let me explain, in these bags you have all kinds of clothes.

In the flea market, the stall owner open tables and simply dump all the clothes on the table without sorting them out first.  You just have to dig in to find what you want!
Prices vary between $0.25 and $1.00 per item.

Same for the shoes and boots, even hats and underwear!!!

This is a real Chihuahua.

We have lunch at the flea market.
We are not too sure what we ordered!

Michele's meal is a potato turn into mash potato with cheese and beef.

We went by the photo!  Papa Asada Con Carne is what she has!

Mine.

Tacos de Bistect y Maiz.  Basically, corn tacos with beef.

Five minutes after we got home Charles and Agnes turn up.  We talked for a little bit.  They are on their way to another flea market.

We also made plans to got to Mexico Monday morning and have lunch in Nuevo Progreso.  We will also check out a few dentists that were recommended to us.  I need to get my implant finishes.

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Sunday November 30, 2014.

I am off for a bike ride with my new bike this morning.  During my ride, I saw something we do not see in Canada.  This store is a drive-thru to get beer, chips and energy drinks. You drive in and tell the person what you want, you pay and he put it in your car and you drive out!!!

A look inside, I will have to try that this winter!

Shoot!  For the first time we have an infestation of ants in the motorhome!
The war is on!
I put a bait container and less than five minutes later the ants are hard at work getting the bait into the nest.  45 minutes later, there are only two of three ants working at it. One hour after that and no ants visible!

Ants are a common problem here is southern Texas.

By three o'clock, we are at the pool, or should I say Michele is at the pool.  I am on the side of the pool.  The pool water does not like my skin or vice-versa.  I end up with skin rash as I did in Yuma last winter!

We talked with some very nice people from Québec.  They are very nice people.

What a week!

Until next time.

Life is good!