Progreso, Mexico

Progreso, Mexico is about a 3 hour bus ride from Mustang Island (Corpus Christi). Tour bus is a good way to go. 49 on our bus.

LOTS of street vendors, in addition to the many stores along the main street. The whole town excudes a Market Atmosphere, and haggling for price is the word of the day.

Here's Pat checking out some t-shirts in one of the stores.

The Mexican Army was on hand to discourage any violence or running gun battles between rival drug cartels, or so we were told. The soldiers looked to be quite bored.

Talavera pottery is famous in Mexico. Most stores had large displays of it, and yes, we did bring a small piece back - a gecko to hang on the wall.

Street artists were also present in good numbers. This one created really nice images on vases using nothing but spray paint, a piece of cardboard for a brush, and a tissue to remove excess paint. Impressive.

Progeso has an old-time, small-town appearance. Streets are narrow and most buildings are in rather poor repair. As advised by our tour guide, we did not stray from the main street.

Pat purchased several name bracelets from a street vendor. He had to make three of them while we waited. He is really fast and completed each bracelet in less than ten minutes.

Handy fingers at work.

Two neighbors from our RV Park went along. Bernie Kerns, left, Carol Casner, right. Both from Illinois.

Behind this camo netting is a soldier with a machine gun. Makes one feel real safe. Right.

Sadly, this is the only and best view we had of the Rio Grande at Progreso.

The lineup at the border crossing leaving Mexico. We had to get off the bus and parade through customs.

This was our first trip to Mexico. We plan to go back again, but next time will probably drive in order to have more time to see stuff on the way as well as spend more time in Mexico without having to rush back to catch the bus.