Crossing Starr County
Friday, September 26, 2008
I accompanied Dr. Paull, Dr. Wilson, and students on a field trip across Starr County yesterday. While it was officially a "Geology" and "Cultural Geography" trip, I think the focus leaned more heavily on apertures and focal lengths. The Doctors are both shutter bugs and well, you know me, so it was a fun trip.
We started out at the Los Ebanos Ferry, which is the last hand-drawn ferry on the Rio Grande, and then moved west to the Santa Cruz Cross in Rio Grande City. After lunch at Caro's we continued westward to Roma, first at the bluffs and then town square. While it was a lazy day in Roma, Mexico was quick to scramble a helicopter after seeing our group aiming big lenses on tripods at the city of Miguel Aleman. They circled several times as Dr. Paull obliviously framed his shots, luckily no confrontations were had.
From Roma we continued upriver to the Santa Margarita Ranch for its stunning view and on to Salineno for the cool shade and river access.
For now here is one picture I took of the Ferry, more to come later (maybe!).
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