When In Harlingen, There Are 16 Grand Activities For Your Ever-Lasting Pleasure. Count Them: 16!...

By RON MEXICO
Staff Writer

HARLINGEN, Texas - We believe there is more to this Mid-Valley community, but below is a list of 16 activities the City of Harlingen lists as things to do while in town (Photo above is of a once-popular ice house, taken in 1939. The telephone at this fellow's side was for call-in orders. A sample of the block ice sought by heat-whipped locals can be seen to his left.):

And so, from the City of Harlingen's website:

(1.) Bike along the Arroyo on the City's two-mile Hike & Bike Trail.

(2.) Load up the lawn chairs and head to McKelvey Park for "Blues on the Hill" - free concerts all summer long.

(3.) Take a walking tour among the natives - plants that is, at Hugh Ramsey Nature Park.

(4.) Shop for bargains at Market Day on Jackson Street the first Saturday of each month.

(5.) Shop for the latest fashions at Valley Vista Mall.

(6.) Bet on the winners at Valley Race Park Simulcast dog and horse races from around the nation 364 days a year.

(7.) Take a sunset stroll around City Lake and watch the sun melt into the palm trees.

(8.) Sink some putts at Tony Butler Municipal Golf Course.

(9.) Experience the charm of local theatre with a show at Harlingen Performing Arts Theatre.

(10.) Who wouldn't "love" to play of tennis at H.E.B. Tennis Center?

(11.) Visit the past at the Rio Grande Valley Museum, two blocks from Valley International Airport.

(12.) Pay tribute to World War II heroes at the Iwo Jima Monument & Museum.

(13.) CINEMARK 16 - The Palace - Stereo surround sound in all theatres.

(14.) CINEMARK MOVIES 10 - in Sun Valley Mall. 

(15.) Harlingen Municipal Auditorium.

(16.) Table Tennis Club.

Okay, now let's give those destinations some thought and then compare them to what's offered by the cities of McAllen and Brownsville to their residents and their tourists...hmmmmmm....

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