Off to Mexico....

We arrived at our destination in Brownsville Texas last night, a boarder town of Texas where we are leaving our car with friends of friends. Throughout Texas we have been driving past all the massive oil refineries and as they say "everything is bigger in Texas!" including those damn stinky oil refineries that look the skyline of large cities at night. I actually thought a refinery was the Houston skyline as we neared my aunts house, but it was just the lights it takes to mine the earth for our excessive oil consumption. I was grossed out and we just kept DRIVING. Ha. oh well the contradictions do not escape me. so we decided to bus through Mexico and not drive my old car, too many unknowns with the driving and we can interact more with Mexicans and the culture if we are not trapped in the bubble of our own car. so we will bus to southern Mexico making many stops along the pacific coast.

we stopped in Corpus Cristi Texas yesterday, that was a very abandoned town. The only thing i know about it (more creepy facts for our creepy fact file) is that is where the little hottie blond teacher got acquitted for sleeping with her middle school aged student. The plea was bi-polar disorder and as a friend of mine said "that disease doesn't effect your vagina!" But the town had a nice gulf coast water front walk and boats and a balmy breeze. Yesterday was the warmest day we have had so far sunny and almost hot! we actually used a fan last night when we slept. things are warming up!
If you want post cards from our trip and if your not immediate family (or housemates) send me an address. I am not buying gifts like we did in Venezuela not enough money and too hard to travel with. So email an address if you want a postcard.
much love
dawn