Day 65 - Wednesday, January 14 - Off to Edinburg, TX for Repairs

 We left the campground at 6:30 AM, arrived at US 281 Truck & Trailer Repair in Edinburg, TX at 7:20 AM. They are working on our two faulty levelling jacks. Mid afternoon they sent them off to a hydraulic place for repairs. The repairs won't be done until late tomorrow afternoon. Current plans are to stay here, parked on the road/street, for two nights.

We arrived at sunrise, a few minutes before they opened. There is LOTS of this heavy duty  fence all over the place around here.

Looking from the entrance gate.

From the other side, where we were parked for repairs.

Looking through our windshield.

There is lots of interesting stuff to look at. I  wonder how old these tractors are.

Interesting old pickup. Someone has already changed out the rear end.

I wonder how long the old flathead well remain in it.

One of the things they do here is "stretch" the frames on semi tractors. These look like salvaged frame sections waiting to be used.

I wonder what this will turn out  to be.

I hope you  can make out the panel of toggle switches on the dash.

This place is out in the country. We drove over to a restaurant about 10 miles away, for lunch. I don't know what the soup was, it came with the meal. Beans, pork side meat and other stuff in it. It was pretty spicy, and good.

Kathy's Bistek tacos were disappointing. My hamburger was different. A thin hamburger patty, a slice of some type of lunch meat, cheese and lots of other stuff on it. It was okay, but I wouldn't order one again. The fries were great. $21 total.

Then we drove another 6 miles to the HEB grocery. For some reason it reminded me of grocery stores in California. Maybe because it seemed so light and airy.

Back out on the street, parked and waiting for parts.

The folks here are great. Miguel, the mechanic, said we could come to his house for the night. Gabriela, the office lady who I think is connected to the ownership, told me she lives just a couple of miles away. She gave me her personal cell number so that I could call her if we had any problems.

I wonder if they think we are concerned because we aren't that far from a jail/prison complex, we aren't. We are parked on the Pennzoil Loop, straight down from the blue dot marking US 281 Truck and Trailer.

The jail and prison complexes are off on the right.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.