Two hours south of here is the region called "The Valley". It is the original part of Texas where Winter Texans began to spend the colder months of winter. It is known for the crops--cabbage, carrots, oranges, grapefruit, lemons, peppers, etc--that is grown there.
If you have known someone who spends winter at Mission, McAllen, Pharr, Alamo, Donna, Welaco, Mercedes, Harligen, Brownsville, then they are in The Valley.
We drove there today for two specific purposes.
We visited the Don-Wes (short for Donna-Weslaco) Flea Market. There is a business that sells sun shade, made to order. We want/need to replace what we have been using. We placed our order and it was ready for pick-up in two hours.
You can figure out what our project will be for tomorrow.
The other errand was to cross the border by foot to the village of Nuevo Progresso so we could buy some medicines. Most was to have extra on hand, but Walmart has lost one of my prescriptions, and I am in the process of getting a new prescription from my doctor. In the meantime, I am OUT of that medicine. I bought the needed medicine in Nuevo Progresso without prescription, currently dated, and now I have some until I get the prescription problem worked out.
The new prescription was mailed from Cape Girardeau on December 3, and hasn't reached Zapata yet. I understand the stormy weather may have slowed delivery down, but eight days seems like long enough to have reached here.
There was enough drizzle in the air today that windshield wipers were required part of the time. No sunshine today.
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