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 another wildlife refuge today, but the rain had made the ground very muddy, so we’ll try that another day.
This afternoon we headed into the old part of Brownsville which still has a main Street. On many of the stores you can still see the Spanish / Mexican influence in their design, which is not really surprising as the Main Street runs straight onto one of 3 bridges crossing from Brownsville over to Mexico. We drove around the residential area of the old district, and like most areas down here it was a mixture of good homes through to run down homes with a few blocks of square buildings looking like military housing, which was actually the city provided low cost housing.
Obviously (!) some shopping happened to occur on the trip, but this time we found a store I could enjoy, Harbor Freight Tools. This place was quite amazing and had a huge selection of tools and bits and pieces, wish I had one nearby at home.