Purple People. These three sisters from Iowa were found having lunch at Angel's restaurant. I noticed they were wearing identical t-shirts with different colored bandanas and asked if they were some sort of club. They said they were just visiting their folks, retired farmers from Joice, Iowa, who spend their winters in the Valley at Alamo. The three are Jane and Mary (sitting) and Molly. They certainly did know how to smile for the camera and showed evidence of enjoying their luncheon drinks.

Orange People, too. These eight teenagers came to the border to work on a church ministry. They helped build a new Sunday school building for a little church in the town of New Hope (Esperanza Nueva). They come from Russellville, Arkansas along with their Youth Minister and a couple of chaperones, making up a party of 21 people. Posted: March 28, 2007

I encountered these two Winter Texan ladies walking toward the border. BJ from Michigan has been coming to South Texas since '96 and Roberta from Minnesota has been coming since '95. They had just returned from a few afternoon libations at Galeria and were very talkative.

I saw these folks in front of Angel's Tower and she was wearing a bright orange tee-shirt advertising Club G-itmo. Wonder where that might be?

A group of folks from Iowa are shown taking a break with a cold Margarita on the street on March 1. Progreso is the only town on the border that will permit folks to drink on the street...you just have to remain under control. Wonder why all the groups you see are from Iowa or Michigan?

I met this guy from Arkansas in a Dental office and the next time I saw him he was getting a pedicure.