Just wait a few minutes

That's the saying here for the weather. And they are right. We got up this morning at it was 50, just a crystal clear morning. Then, fog came in. Then fog lifted and now very windy and sunny. But - temp has only climbed a few degrees. Supposed to be 72 today. Just wait a few mintues.....

Winter Texans are what us folks are called. We aren't snowbirds as we would be called if in Florida, just Winter Texans. Two kinds of Texans here - the Winter Texans and the full-time Texans. Either way - you are a Texan! And this whole area of south Texas caters to us. Everywhere you go you see 'Welcome back Winter Texans!' Amazing thing to see the license plates of people from Alberta Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Montana, Minnesota, Idaho just to name a few. That's a fur piece to travel to get here. Would we come back here? Probably not because we want to see so much more of the US. Takes forever to get down here to the bottom - we are the furthest south we have ever camped and just above the lattitude as the Florida Keys and right on the border of Mexico. Did I mention that we were excited to see the Rio Grande River the other day? As long as we don't cross the border we will be fine. People have said to also be off the roads and 'home' by 10pm - and we do hear sirens alot late at night. We are about 5 miles from the border but feel safe never the less. And - we don't need to go to Mexico - you just go to Main Street of Mission or McAllen - and you are in Mexico. All store signs are in Spanish, alot of junky stores, alot of good stores, and predominently Mexicans shopping there. We think - don't know - they get a day pass to come to the US to shop and then return home that evening. Even grocery shopping - see lots of Mexican license plates. Glad we did come down - the birds and flowers are truely amazing. Cool sounding birds like the Great Kiskadees and the Chachalacas - not only fun to pronounce but exciting to see since they are no where else in the United States. Great memories! We are going to look for sweatshirts that say, "Winter Texan 2011" for a momento before we head to San Antonio.