Today we left Roma, Texas and are now in Rio Grande City. They have an old fort here and many old historical buildings. The trick is to find them. We went to the chamber of commerce and they gave us a pamphlet listing the historic buildings, but there were no addresses. We just drove around until we found them. The population here is 13,651. We found the Robert E. Lee house and that is it in the photo. We could only see the outside.
We went to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church and the grotto. The grotto is a replica of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. After a bit of sight-seeing we went for lunch at a little Mexican restaurant called Tehas Cafe and had steak. It was very good.
We always like to drive around the residential areas and see how the locals live. As with anywhere, there are the wealthy and the poor. Almost all buildings in Texas are either brick or adobe. Many of the buildings are over 100 years old and deserted.
These are all border towns that we are passing through. We are presently parked at WalMart and plan to spend the night here, thus saving a bit of money.
It is a bit cooler today...about 72F, but after a week of extreme heat we have our jackets on.
3 comments:
ahh Rio's a nice place I feel proud to call it home ^_^
Sure looks pretty where you ladies are.
ALL THE BEST
Hi Stryph
We had a good time in Rio. The old buildings were a pleasure to see.
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