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Apr 3, 2009 - Fun Day

We went to the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park/World Birding Center. You remember-Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (February 11, 1921–May 23, 2006), was a four-term United States senator (1971 until 1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. This is a very popular place for "Winter Texans" We hiked about 5 miles today in the park. Spotted some birds that we haven't seen before. The Los Ebanos Ferry was not running today, not that we would have used it! The picture says it all.

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Jan 18, 2009 - Dave @ Centurytel's Winter Home And Rv Park Pictures

OK, here's a few more pictures. Jim's co-worker at Centurytel is wanting Jim to help him find a "winter home" here in Texas. Saw this one on the way back from the ferry! Looks pretty "low rent"! LOL Also, here's a few more pictures of our RV park. Take Care ~ God Bless ~ Vicki

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Dec 18, 2007 - Los Ebanos Hand-Operated Ferry

Lee worked this morning until 11:00 AM. Mickey and Mary Hazlett showed up a little early so we sat around and waited for Lee to take a shower. Once he was ready the Hazletts took us on a little tour of some of the places they've seen in the area. The first thing we did was to drive around some of the local RV Resorts just to get a look at them. Then we headed to Los Ebanos where we rode the last hand-operated ferry operating on either border. On the way we stopped so I could get a couple of pictures of a local Mexican cemetery. It is...

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