Rio grande valley

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…

Once you see the palm trees, you know you're in the 956

If you had told me six months ago that I was about to fall in love with a then-unknown-to-me Texas-Mexico border town, I’d have laughed at you–and asked for my tarot-card reading money …

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HOME!!!! How I miss the Rio Grand Valley

The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge was established “… for the development, advancement, management, conservation, and protection of fish and wildlife resources…” 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4); “…for the benefit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in performing its activities and services”.

Once you see the palm trees, you know you're in the 956