Author Archives: Barry

Well, after yesterdays disaster we were looking forward to meeting up with friends from Burlington and going to the kite festival on the beach at South Padre Island. We woke up to the sound of the furnace running, which is … Continue reading →

Woke up to warm and humid again this morning with the temperature climbing to 27C. After lunch we headed into the nearby town of Los Fresnos for the annual rodeo and agricultural fair. On the way in funny tones emitted from the … Continue reading →

Hot and humid again today, we maxed out around 27C (81F). Today we headed out to the town of Harlingen about 15 miles north of here. We had been here before but only to the shopping mall area. Today we … Continue reading →

Well, another hot and humid day. The last week or so has been lacking in sunshine and forecast doesn’t hold out much hope for the next few days. Today was shopping day, and that was about all we accomplished, life … Continue reading →

Finally a dry, but foggy morning and about 18C when we woke up. Today we planned to visit the Brownsville Zoo; looking at the web it didn’t seem too big of a zoo, and our expectations weren’t that great. As … Continue reading →

Yet again the weather people got it wrong (there must be some ex-environment Canada guys down here). It was warm and overcast when we woke up, and about an hour later the rains came again. Because it has been so … Continue reading →

Woke up to a dark overcast morning. Somehow the weather forecast had changed overnight from 0% chance of rain to 70%. About 30 minutes later the rain arrived and stayed for about an hour. We were going to go to … Continue reading →

Today was a non day. Just sat around doing nothing, as a well trained retiree should. The day started warm and got to about 24C, but after lunch the deep freeze set in and temperatures plummeted to 20C. The highlight … Continue reading →

Cooler and calm again today, although we did struggle up to 24C by mid afternoon. Lyn wanted to do some shopping in Brownsville so we combined it with a day out to the beach. Although we had been to the … Continue reading →