Tricksters & Treat Eaters

Halloween has come and gone again. There seems to be an overabundance of candy in the house... at least for now, since I'm sure it won't last long. This year we had Slender Man, Spiderman, and Venom in our house. And of course, there was pumpkin carving, because there's always that. The weather was fantastic and there were plenty of porch lights on and candy handouts. Can't beat that.

Looking more like a hero than a villain...

Definitely a "slender" man...

Eat it until you're sick...

USA vs. Mexico

These days there's a lot of talk about the border, but I guess that's actually been going on for a while. As in, ever since there were people living in Texas. While we were in Brownsville a few weekends ago, we stopped by Palo Alto Battlefield, pretty much the only battlefield in the United States related to the Mexican American War of the 1840's. After the Texas Revolution (Remember the Alamo!) and subsequent annexation by the United States, Mexico believed the southern boundary of Texas to be the Nueces River (here in Corpus Christi), but the United States believed the boundary was farther south at the Rio Grande. Of course fighting broke out, mostly taking place near Brownsville, before the rest of the war was mostly fought in Mexico. There wasn't a lot at Palo Alto, but there were some hiking trails, a nice visitor's center, and obviously some cannons.

Check it out! A cannon!

 

Only a little bit of sprinkling on an otherwise nice day...