Crossed over into Mexico again today. Walked across the bridge from Brownsville to Matamoros Mx. Matamoros is a good size city of about 370,000. That is the approximate size of Toledo. Took a bus from the boarder to the shopping plaza in the city. What a bus ride that was, glad we didn’t have our car over there. Our bus driver didn’t pay much attention to the stop signs; I guess he couldn’t read Spanish. If you think the streets and roads are bad in our area, I think I finally found some that are worse. Little narrow streets lined with trucks and cars and filled with people and potholes. You cannot find a car or truck that is not dented, and I think the drivers get extra points if they can hit a pedestrian on the move or standing still.

This is the second time we have crossed the boarder into Mexico at two different cities, and each time we were never stopped by any Mexican boarder patrol people. You just walk into the country, no questions asked! It was hard to comprehend the lack of security, just any one can walk in, and they just don’t care. Getting back into the U.S. was also a lot easier then crossing back from Canada. The boarder patrol on the U.S. side seems more friendly then the ones in Detroit.

The shopping plaza was very interesting and picturesque. I think we were the only gringos there.

Rode the bus back to the boarder crossing area and Bud and I found a nice bar to settle into and have a few margaritas while the ladies did their shopping. Notice I said a few. The ladies took quite awhile shopping. Bud even declared his margaritas at the customs check point coming back into the U.S.