AHHHHH…..a warm, albeit cloudy, morning when I hauled this old body out of the bed and went downstairs to get the French Roast coffee going. Did some email checking….and before long the 1st Lady was up and going strong. She had a fresh grapefruit from “our” tree outside TheHowserHouse……and again, as she does each morning, commented about how GREAT it tasted!
Then she got on her bike and headed to the Fitness Center to go through her exercise routine for an hour. When she returned we decided that we would go over to Progreso, Mexico for awhile. And soooo, off we went and in about 15 minutes from leaving here, we were parked and on the other side of the border.
WOW……I had thought there wouldn’t be tooooo many people there on the sidewalks, ambling along looking at all of the “goodies” along the way. WELL……was I ever wrong!!! There were many, many more people (gringos/Americans/senior WinterTexans) that we had seen in the previous two trips……..we could barely move forward on the sidewalks…….it was just awful.
BUT….nevertheless, we did inch forward and popped into most of the shops and stores as we “crawled” onward. We did some serious price comparisons…..and after a couple of hours we decided to go for lunch/dinner/whatever you might call this meal at 2pm. We had been told that we just “had” to eat at the Red Snapper. WELL……….another super meal!!!!!
The 1st Lady and I both had a couple of margaritas and some of those wonderful, crisp tortilla chips and another bowl of outstanding, warm salsa!!! UMMMM….those chips are sooooo good!!! I could eat them daily…..if I could only find them for sale…..ha! This salsa was good…..but it didn’t come up to the depth of the flavors that we had at Angel’s here in Progreso last week. Don’t get me wrong……there was nothing wrong with it….just didn’t have that “bite/snap” of the salsa at Angel’s .
We ordered fried shrimp……..and WOW…….was it ever good. Lightly breaded with a few herbs in the breading….butterflied to fried them more evenly……and the size was really nice and large, as Gulf shrimp are supposed to be. They were served with rice, baked potato(a small amount of mashed potatoes with some cheese melted on top and served in a foil “envelope”), some grilled Fr. Bread, and accompanied by a lettuce salad.
I really think the shrimp almost came up to the high standards that had been set for us when we ate at Dirty Al’s on South Padre Island on Saturday. Today’s order of shrimp was really quite good!!! Once again………head across that border and spend an hour or so dining at the Red Snapper……you won’t be disappointed!!!
We picked up some more of those delicious cookies that go soooo well with coffee/tea, some more vanilla, some incredibly delicious chocolate candies filled with Kahlua, a couple of gifts for the granddaughters, some silver earrings, and some Triple Sec that went for a really inexpensive price.
After that we headed through immigration control…..using our passports this time rather than our driver’s license….and we were herded into a different line and it went mucho quickly that in the lines for those using the driver’s licenses for their ID. I noticed that my passport expires in March…..sooo, will have to get it renewed soon!!!!! I do not like to be without a passport……there are tooooo many good last minute bargains for a trip to Europe or Asia appearing in my email each week!!
Returning to TheHowserHouse about 5pm…..we just kicked back for a half hour. Then we jumped onto our bikes and went riding around the Park for a half hour. Always enjoy riding around the park looking at the different kinds of rv’s that are here.
The evening has been spent just hanging out…..relaxing….and doing some reading. I have had difficulties all evening getting online……sooooo damn slow, even with this modem. It HAS been a really great day……..and so as usual,
Life IS Great….and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
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