Independence Day--Brownsville Style

The July 4th weekend was a lot of fun. The one and only Jessica Schulte came to visit for the weekend and to experience Brownsville for herself :) We had a great time, discovering a new beachfront.

You follow a road here, called Boca Chica, going east and then after quite a while you see a sign that says road ends in 1500 feet and then, boom the road ends (just like it said it would, haha). We attempted to drive a bit on the sand like the other vechicles did, but then realized it wasn't going to happen when we saw our friends pushing their 4-wheel drive vechicle and we only had 2-wheel drive... not good. Unlike the Island, there's nothing around, so it's more of a private beach, would be great for beach camping.



Later that evening we went to the Brownsville Sports Park for food, fireworks, and fun. :) There was the Texas Army National Guard 36th Infantry Division Band playing marches for the first while and then as it got dark, fireworks were launched off to patriotic, country music, in true Texas style. Afterwards a hip-hop/cumbia group called Kingz-1, formally called the Kumbia Kings, played a concert.



It was a unique evening of American/Hispanic celebration, in true Brownsville-style.