The weather was so perfect today. We started with clear skies and temperatures in the low 60s. By late afternoon it was 84 degrees and partly sunny.
This morning we took an unexpected little hike. Our goal of visiting the historic mission for which Mission, TX is named, required some adjusting. At that point, the new border "fence" is now an 18-foot high earthen berm. The border patrol vehicles can drive on top of it, but the access road is too steep and narrow for the bus to drive up and over into the mission grounds. The driver got us as close as he could, and we walked the rest of the way. It was such a perfect morning for being outside.
At our next stop, we rode a tiny hand drawn ferry to Mexico and back. The river is very narrow at Los Ebanos, TX, and it has served as a crossing point since way before Civil War days. Today there was a lineup of passengers, cars and bicycles waiting to go into Mexico at that point.
After looking at a Tom Landry mural and having lunch in Mission, we continued on to Edinburgh and the Museum of South Texas. Excellent displays present the story of the whole area from millions of years ago right up to the present.
Our final sightseeing stop was at a packing shed. Ice was being made. Forklifts were racing back and forth, hauling ice, freshly picked vegetables and boxes of freshly packed vegetables. There was such a variety of produce being packed - pickles (we learned how they are different from cucumbers), parsley, beets and greens that we didn't recognize. In the cold room were hundreds of boxes of peppers of every variety. The last area was full of watermelon, including the small
personal melons, boxed for shipping. It was definitely a highlight.
At our next stop, we rode a tiny hand drawn ferry to Mexico and back. The river is very narrow at Los Ebanos, TX, and it has served as a crossing point since way before Civil War days. Today there was a lineup of passengers, cars and bicycles waiting to go into Mexico at that point.
After looking at a Tom Landry mural and having lunch in Mission, we continued on to Edinburgh and the Museum of South Texas. Excellent displays present the story of the whole area from millions of years ago right up to the present.
Our final sightseeing stop was at a packing shed. Ice was being made. Forklifts were racing back and forth, hauling ice, freshly picked vegetables and boxes of freshly packed vegetables. There was such a variety of produce being packed - pickles (we learned how they are different from cucumbers), parsley, beets and greens that we didn't recognize. In the cold room were hundreds of boxes of peppers of every variety. The last area was full of watermelon, including the small
personal melons, boxed for shipping. It was definitely a highlight.
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