Lower Rio Grande Valley

21–26 August 2008

This sign greets you when you enter Tamaulipas from the U.S. at Roma–Ciudad Miguel Aleman, 24 August 2008.

This sign greets you when you enter the U.S. from Mexico, across Falcon Dam, 24 August 2008.

I made this photo and this photo while standing in Texas. In both photos, the people on the spit are in Mexico; the water between us is the mouth of the Rio Grande; the Gulf of Mexico is in the distance. The lines and the proportions in the second photo worked out nicely, eh? 22 August 2008.

Along Highway 4, east of Brownsville, Texas, 22 August 2008.

San Ygnacio, Texas, Texas, 24 August 2008.

Ciudad Miguel Aleman, Mexico, as seen from Roma, Texas, 24 August 2008.

Ciudad Miguel Aleman, Mexico, another view, as seen from Roma, Texas, 24 August 2008.

Boca Chica Beach, 22 August 2008.

The suspension bridge connecting Roma, Texas and Ciudad Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, with Mexico beyond, 24 August 2008.

I made this photo of Mexican border guards inspecting a car while I was standing in Texas, just a few feet away (I don't think they approved!), Falcon Dam, 24 August 2008.

Roma, Texas, 24 August 2008.

Roma, Texas, another view, 24 August 2008.

Roma, Texas, another view, 24 August 2008.

Roma, Texas, another view, 24 August 2008.

A shack, across the Rio Grande, in Tamaulipas, 22 August 2008.

Falcon Dam, plan, 24 August 2008.