February 20th
The taxi was at our gate on time to take us to the airport this morning; the 25 minute ride has us there at about 6:20 am. Flights were on time, we flew from Cancun to Houston, Texas then on to Brownsville where we arrived at 4:45. We just missed New York Senator Hillary Clinton passing through the Brownsville airport; she was making a political speech in Brownsville later in the evening. Friends met us at the airport and a one hour drive took us to South Padre Island where we will be staying for the next week.
This is our second visit to South Padre, the last time we were here was in 2001 – and to no one’s surprise there has been a lot of building development since that time. Huge sky scrapers built on a sand bar - no fear in these people!
The weather is a cooler than that in Puerto Morelos – slowly adjusting our bodies for the deep winter we will be facing when we arrive back in Ontario; brrr! Don’t get me wrong – I do love winter and from talking to the kids it sounds like you have had lots of it while we have been gone.
Until next time,
Anne
