Hidalgo County, United States Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler 2023 Adventures Across America
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- Jan 23, 2023, 9:47am · ☁️ 64 °F Altitude: 82 ft
  Mexico Tamaulipas Río Bravo Nuevo Progreso 26.061667, -97.9526°3’42” N 97°57’0” W
Day 39
Progresso, Mexico
January 23 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Adventure trip to Progresso. Got some medicine for the dog, visiting stores and buying some Mezcal.
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Traveler 2023 Adventures Across America
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- Feb 24, 2023, 2:05pm · ⛅ 90 °F Altitude: 85 ft
  Mexico Tamaulipas Reynosa Los Cavazos 26.15, -98.33833326°9’0” N 98°20’18” W
Day 71
Mission, Texas
February 24 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Riverside Club Boat ride on the Rio Grande. The building pictures from the Mexico side. 🇲🇽
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Paintings for Hope Paintings for Hope
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- Jan 20, 2015 · ☀️ 24 °C Altitude: 25 m
  United States Texas Hidalgo County Timberhill Villa Number 4 Colonia 26.2892, -98.23223626°17’21” N 98°13’56” W
Day 306
USA, Texas
January 20, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Wendy Gilbert
I hope for strength in times of trouble.
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Traveler Trip to South Texas
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- Nov 10, 2023 · 🌧 63 °F Altitude: 32 m
  United States Texas Hidalgo County Merito 26.259779, -98.24143526°15’35” N 98°14’29” W
Day 4
Meet the Kasper
November 10 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
Friday was a full day. It started off with my weekly zoom call to my Bolivian ladies. We all served together back in the 80’s and 90’s.

Then our monthly Member Care call with our other Avant member care providers.

We had lunch with Bob and Shirley. True veteran missionaries. They served for years with GMU in Argentina and then Bolivia. I mean they were at the tip of South America in Usuiah, Argentina. They then worked many years as an instructor at Rio Grande Bible Institute as a language teacher. And then many years as a prof at the historical seminary of SETECA in Guatemala City.

We were quite sad when they moved back to the states as Glenn and I just moved down to Guatemala in 2006. But they have not stopped serving and working. Bob and Shirley continue to serve and instruct with on line classes.

They serve in their local church here in the valley. And we try to meet up frequently. While we were living in Guatemala, the Kasper’s made frequent work trips and we would often take them to lake Atitlan for an extended weekend of shopping and relaxing. Fun.

The evening was filled with a large gathering of those Avant folks that live and serve here on campus at Rio Grande Bible College. Roger shared and then the ladies gathered for a sweet time of fellowship.Read more
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Traveler Trip to South Texas
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- Nov 11, 2023, 10:40am · 🌧 61 °F Altitude: 27 m
  United States Texas Hidalgo County Trenton Terrace Colonia 26.265142, -98.17235526°15’55” N 98°10’20” W
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3 Amigas (Arlene, Beverly and Marita)
November 11 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 61 °F
We had breakfast with Arlene, Beverly and Gretchen (who sat in for Marita) at some Mexican restaurant down the street from Rio Grande Bible Institute in McAllen, Tx.

Arlene and Beverly are both widowed. Both lived and served in Guatemala and then in Mexico. What a rich history of faithfulness to the Lord for his mercy’s are New every morning.

We were making “connections right and left”. Do you know so-in-so? Who else went to language school with you? What was it like living in Guatemala those years (60’s and 70’s)? How has it been and what has been the difficulties since your husband died?

My heart was blessed and encouraged. Gretchen joined since she lives in the area. She was also Karen’s 2nd grade teacher back in the early 90’s when we as a family lived and served in Bolivia.

I gave the ladies gift bags of encouragement that included blank cards, candles, lotion and gift card to Sonic and Olive Garden. We hope they are encouraged as much as they were a blessing to us. They shared their lives with so many people through the years. Thank you. Thank youRead more
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Lauren Kras there be birds in Texas
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- Feb 14, 2017, 9:46am · ☁️ 16 °C Altitude: 21 m
  United States Texas Hidalgo County Colonia Victoriana 26.13122, -97.9420926°7’52” N 97°56’32” W
Day 4
estero llano
February 14, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Different this time
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Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar The 2022 Motorcycle Adventure
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- Oct 7, 2022, 2:03pm · ☁️ 81 °F Altitude: 144 ft
  United States Texas Hidalgo County McAllen Archer Park 26.204984, -98.23479126°12’18” N 98°14’5” W
Rain Delay
October 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Last night I pitched my tent next to the bike under cover at the HD. At 04:00, it began to rain. "No problem," I thought, and I turned over to go back to sleep. Then I got water in my face. Turns out, the top of the "cover" wasn't solid, so I began packing up hoping it would stay a sprinkle until I could get to the gas station. I got lucky and was only slightly damp by the time I made it to real cover.

The storm was moving slowly northeast, so I waited until after 09:00 to let it get well in front of me. Despite going under the speed limit and hanging.out at a Whataburger for a two-hour lunch, I caught the rain, so I decided to call it a day by cashing in some hotel points.

I found a great historic hotel in old downtown McAllen (the one near Brownsville, not Dallas). They even let me park on the sidewalk by the front walk!

Now I'm having a Netflix night and staying dry. Winning!

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 159.5 😭 (total 24603.5 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 1 (total 412)
MCGTTX Stops: 0 (total 45 of 50)Read more
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Traveler Off to McAllen
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- Oct 9, 2021, 3:37pm · ☀️ 91 °F Altitude: 92 ft
  United States Texas Hidalgo County Minnie Fenton Colonia 26.33551, -98.1419926°20’8” N 98°8’31” W
Day 2
Pink beast
October 9, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
We have picked up Pink Beast! I was so worried, because all I knew was that we left somewhere without favorite! Pink beast runs, but has some issues. For one, someone filled the coolant reservoir with water. Favorite will sort it out though! Now we have to clean, clean, clean! There were stinky rodents in there, and I'm not allowed in until everything is clean, because stinky rodents have pupper diseases!Read more
Thank you for the update. How bad is the inside of the truck? [Bob]
10/10/21Reply
Traveler Hi, Bob! 👀 We spent Sunday sorting trash/ruined from keep/salvageable. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, and the idea is to get the truck detailed by a crew now, rather than scrub everything down ourselves.
10/11/21Reply
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Traveler To Miami
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- Oct 19, 2021, 2:23pm · ⛅ 86 °F Altitude: 141 ft
  United States Texas Hidalgo County Rancho Chaparral Colonia 26.2881, -98.296526°17’17” N 98°17’47” W
Day 1
Going!
October 19, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Finally! The motor is all strapped in the trailer.
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Traveler Off to McAllen
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- Oct 16, 2021, 11:54am · ⛅ 68 °F Altitude: 89 ft
  United States Texas Hidalgo County North Santa Cruz Colonia Hidalgo County Water District Number 15 26.38498, -98.1437526°23’6” N 98°8’38” W
Day 9
Moving in
October 16, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
We're still moving all of my toys, can you believe it? I'm finding toys I forgot about months ago! It's nice and cool today at least, so favorite doesn't get the heat stroke.
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Hidalgo County, مقاطعة هيدالغو, Хидалго, হিদালগো কাউন্টি, Kantono Hidalgo, Condado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo maakond, Hidalgo konderria, شهرستان ایدالگو، تگزاس, Comté de Hidalgo, Hidalgo megye, Հիդալգո շրջան, Contea di Hidalgo, ヒダルゴ郡, Hidalgo Comitatus, Hidalgo, Hidalgo Kūn, Hrabstwo Hidalgo, ہڈالگو کاؤنٹی, Comitatul Hidalgo, Идальго, Округ Хидалго, Ідальго, ہیڈالگو کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس, Quận Hidalgo, Condado han Hidalgo, 伊達爾戈縣

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Progresso, Mexico

Mission, Texas

USA, Texas

Meet the Kasper

3 Amigas (Arlene, Beverly and Marita)

estero llano

Rain Delay

Pink beast

Going!

Moving in

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