Almost south

Sunny - Decided to tour Laredo. It is the largest inland port in the USA, which means there are about a billion trucks and trains going across the border. There are three big bridges over the Rio Grande, and trucks don’t seem to be backing up to get across. There are also multiple pedestrian crossings. We found the old section with a fort and old buildings. The area along the river is much like Nogales and Tijuana with lots of people milling about, and lots of stores in old buildings selling anything you could ever want. It is primarily a shopping town with a huge mall and easy access to the Mexican shopping over the border. Since shopping is not for us, and we had finished the tour before 10:00, heades south again. We had planned to get to Mission today, but there was a state park en route that was right on the dam-created lake on the Rio Grande. There are lots of birds and butterflies here, I means lots ( déjà vu to Asa Wright last year as this time ). But it is really hot - over 90 with some humidity. This place would be fabulous if it were 20’ cooler. But there were maybe 20 others in the very big park so the crowds were good.

Some of the local creatures:
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