Brownsville to Houston..

We headed out of here on Thursday morning for Brownsville airport.  we were flying to Houston from Brownsville.  Brownsville is about 50 miles from our home, there are two closer airports but the airfares were between $150 and $100 more!

On our way we stopped at

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park near Brownsville, Texas preserves the grounds of the May 8, 1846, Battle of Palo Alto. It was the first major conflict in a border dispute that soon precipitated the Mexican-American War. The United States Army victory here made the invasion of Mexico possible. The historic site portrays the battle and the war, and its causes and consequences, from the perspectives of both the United States and Mexico.

this is the Mexican canon..

the US was much lighter and newer..

 the grounds were very well kept and a good stop before lunch..  we found a seafood place..

Shirmp, filet, oysters, shrimp consume, shrimp rice, salad, fries..  it was all GOOD...

our next stop was downtown Brownsville, we shopped around then walked to the border..

this is the river right by downtown..

we were looking for Fort Brown.. we assumed it was an historical fort..  needless to say after driving around for about an half hour we realized that it is right next to the pictures above!  it is an active fort!  so needless to say we could not get in!

we headed to the airport to the

no! not the lounge but the World War 11 Avation Museum.  It was OK.  not worth the money, the one in Iowa was much better.

we had about 1.5 hours before our flight so did head to the bar in the airport (yes, Brownsville airport has a bar!). I told Eric that I would buy him a beer..  needless to say, our flight was going to be 1.5 hours late! 

Ray picked us up at the airport in Houston.  we went to Lorenzo's for dinner.  I was craving a burger.  but.. I had the second best prime rib french dip sandwich ever!  the boys had very good burgers and fries.  a long day means early to bed...