the Tejano Roots Music Hall of Fame. It was a little
cinder block building with a big sign in front. But
noone showed up at opening time and the taco stand
person across the street didn't know anything about
it. I called the number in the tourist brochure and a
lawyer's office answered and said they'd had the the
number for a year and had gotten lots of calls for the
museum. A mystery.
Stopped at a really out of the way Mexican restaurant.
I was the only anglo. There was a spanish language
soap on the TV and pure white country on the
loudspeakers. The food was ok.
Got to Lake Casa Blanca International Park in the late
afternoon. It's in the middle of Laredo, convenient
to the airport and convention center. But I did see
my first roadrunner: and odd looking bird that doesn't
go "beep beep". Also saw a black throated sparrow.
Took a quick drive into Laredo and it was like going
into a foreign country. The downtown is totally
Hispanic. There are two bridges right in the middle
of the city that cross the Rio Grande into Mexico.
One is for walkers and people were streaming back and
forth.
Laredo has a 16 day George Washington's birthday
celebration. This is the 110th year. This weekend
there's a carnival (rides and such).
The weather this afternoon was hot. Low 80's. All
the shops had air conditioning on. It's very pleasant
tonight. A nice breeze. I'll sleep with the door open.
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