We travel past the iconic San Benito water tower several times over the winter en route to some of our favourite spots to visit in South Texas. These places include Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Boca Chica Beach, and Brownsville.
Freddy Fender was one of my favourite singers during the 1970’s. I still have some of his songs on my walking playlists for warm up and cool down walking. One day, we’ll make a stop in San Benito. There’s a Freddy Fender Museum there (of course) and I’ve also read that there are some great old buildings on Main Street.
My feature photo was taken from the car on the way by. Unfortunately, it needed a fair bit of post processing to correct white balance, clarity, etc, but over all, it’s an ok photo considering the circumstances.
This one is clearer, and I like the birds on the wires. Unfortunately, the angle wasn’t a good one to catch all of the writing on the water tower, and I prefer to have the tower off center in the pic. Sometimes (often), we just can’t have it all in photography.
Today, we’ll pass the San Benito water tower again, en route to one of my South Texas bucket list places. I’ve wanted to visit this destination since we first wintered here two years ago. I’m so excited! I won’t tell you where it is (that will be tomorrow’s post), but I’ll give you a hint: It’s another place for us to feel like kids again.
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
Anita Desai
Radically Retired 
Interesting. I like the picture with the birds on the wires. But I see a lamp post in the first picture, that I don’t see on the second. San Benito sounds like an interesting place to visit. It’s nice to have places you haven’t seen yet when you visit again. I am looking forward to your next post. I wonder where you are going!!
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The object in the first photo is a ladder, I believe. I’ll check for sure when we pass by again today. The reason you don’t see it in the second photo is because we were rounding a curve, so it was shot from a different position and distance. Have a great Sunday, Betty!
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Well, I looked again when we passed by yesterday and you’re 100% correct, Betty! It was a lamp post. They can only be seen coming from one direction, so I obviously shot the water tower both ways (Freddy is painted on both sides of it).
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Freddy being painted on both sides threw me. Whoever decided that was very clever!
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