Rio grande texas

After U-turns on the edges of grapefruit groves, repeated pullovers to study our Rio Grande Valley street guide, and a precarious three-point turn on the narrow levee road where a border patrol truck blocks our path, we are really lost. Like so many wanderers before us, we are searching for La Lomita Mission, which a local history buff named Frank told me about at an Edinburg bar the night before. “Just travel the Old Military Highway that goes along the Rio Grande,” Frank said. What Frank…

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The 50 mi drive from Presidio to Lajitas along the US-Mexico border makes a great west Texas road trip, one of THE scenic drives in the USA.

The Rio Grande River, Big Bend, Texas

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Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park

Santa Elena Canyon, sunrise. Big Bend National Park,Part of gallery of color pictures of US National Parks by professional photographer QT Luong, available as prints or for licensing.

The River Road (Texas FM 170): "...the spectacular drive along the Camino del Rio, tracking the twists and turns of the Rio Grande through the Chinati and Bofecillos Mountains. This is the one part of Texas where the Rio Grande actually lives up to its name, and the drive along the magnificent crevices and canyons of the river is probably the most dramatic in Texas."