Author: Steve

If they visit us, we take them to see things we think are interesting.

Today, it was the border crisis on the river again at Anzalduas Park.

Then we got them spreading their wings at Quinta Mazatlan.

Today’s challenge.  A federal government installation at Anzalduas.

It’s a whole bunch of wooden posts painted black and yellow surrounding something in the middle.

It’s hard to figure out.

It’s right adjacent to the river.  What could it be?

We got to go to the McAllen International Airport.

(This is a photo from how far away the car was parked from the terminal.  It’s not a difficult challenge to go to the airport here.)

Admire the local aviation technology.

And pick up Andy and Christy!

They’re taking a break from their Pacific Northwest springtime weather to help us enjoy ours down here.

Nice and warm for hanging out on the deck.  We got to eat outside.

(Grilled hot wings, Judy’s rice, and salad.  Can’t tell from the empty dishes.)

…about air conditioning.  And swamp coolers.  And cars.  And cars before air conditioning.

And I suddenly remembered 1950s air conditioning for the car on desert trips.  That canvas bag hung off the front bumper; I think that was for radiator water.

But there is more.  That silver jet engine looking thing feeding air into the car window; that was air conditioning in the desert.

An evaporative cooler, swamp cooler, for a car.  No electrical hookup, powered by the air blown through it at speed!