South
Texas
South Texas Plains
Here's a region
with a flavor of its own. Spanish architecture
(or a reasonable facsimile thereof) is everywhere, and most yards
have miniature botanical gardens -- rooted specimens of cacti, succulents
and tropical plants each in their own number 10 can. Snowcone stands
are nearly as numerous as gas
stations and in some cases they're the same.
Tour Los Caminos Del Rio and see the brick buildings of Henry
Portcheller in Roma
and Rio
Grande City. Watch parrots roost for the night at old Fort
Brown or in the Brownsville
Cemetery. Meet Kenedys not from Massachusetts and find
out why Alice
doesn't live there anymore. Everybody doesn't necessarily love Raymondville,
and Mercedes
wasn't named after Porfirio Diaz' wife, no matter what Donna
tells you. So what if it's a long drive. You can spend the night in
Kingsville
or Floresville
on the way down. It's one of our favorite regions and with good reason. |
