2019 Rio Grande – part 4, scenery from Brownsville to Del Rio
Just north of Brownsville at a rest stop, the women’s restroom had the most beautiful mosaic that made me realize we were in a totally new part of the United...
2019 Rio Grande – part 5, Del Rio: Whitehead and Air Force museums
Since today is the hottest of the week in Del Rio area, we decided to visit two museums in the city and leave hikes and Langtry to cooler days. Our...
2019 Rio Grande – part 6, how the land changed, Judge Roy Bean country
Don’t know if you’re familiar with Judge Roy Bean from the late 1800s; he was known as The Law West of the Pecos. I didn’t know about him until I...
2019 Rio Grande – part 7, a walk along the canyon rim
As promised, we’re taking a hike/walk/saunter along the Seminole Canyon rim at the state park today. The full hike is 7.5 miles, way too much for us since we haven’t...
2019 Rio Grande – part 8, putting it all together
As we’ve been traveling along the Rio Grande, we’ve looked at how its changed from 1850 to the turn of the century: Texas becoming a state, western expansion, fights with...