MAKE AN OFFER. THE MORE YOU BUY THE BETTER DEAL I WILL ACCEPT The postcard advertises the Longhorn Lodge, a motel and cafe located at the city limits north of Brownsville, Texas, at the junction of Highway 77 and 83. The lodge is managed by S. W. and Gladys Vogel and is a ten-minute drive to Mexico and a twenty-minute drive to the Gulf beaches for fishing.