Wednesday morning we went into Hidalgo to hang out at my uncle’s hardware store for a little while. Appropriately enough, it’s called Bob’s Hardware and is the only business in the town of 150. In the back he has a fix-it shop with items left from the previous shop owners and probably date back to…
Day Two: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
We got a bit of a late start Tuesday morning, which was further delayed by a genius branch of the county DOT. They were oiling the roads (the country version of asphalting which involved pouring a hot layer of oil on the roads and then pouring fine chipped gravel over it). After the late start…
Day One: Monday, August 18, 2008
We arrived late Sunday night to my cousin Ross’s place. He rents a roomy house about a mile from his family’s home. The house is large and comfortable — and filled with relics of the 1960s and 70s, like sparkled tile and a push button range. It was so strange to see a home with…