Border Patrol agents monitor it by air, land and sea, and use a sophisticated array of remote surveillance equipment to cover where they can't go. The Lower Rio Grande might be the world's most closely watched river.

News stories of random acts of violence along the border, mainly around the Falcon Lake area, have scared a lot of people away from the Rio Grande, but those fears are largely overblown. This reach of the Rio Grande explores the river between Eagle Pass and Laredo, a distance of about 125.6 miles through the lower Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and Mexico. But, paddlers are starting to discover the unique opportunities for paddling the Rio Grande between Lake Amistad and Falcon Lake. However, paddling is generally limited to the Taos Box area near Taos, New Mexico, through the Upper Canyons (Colorado, Santa Elena, Mariscal, San Vicente, Hot Springs and Boquillas) starting in Presidio County and ending in Brewster County, Texas or the Lower Canyons (Heath, Horse, Temple, and Maravillas) running from La Linda, Mexico (Brewster County, Texas) down to Dryden Pass in Terrell County, Texas. In many cases, the only people you will see are in your own group.įrom its headwaters near Alamosa, Colorado, the Rio Grande flows through New Mexico and down the Texas-Mexico border through Big Bend to Brownsville and the Gulf of Mexico. The Rio Grande, or Rio Bravo del Norte, as it is known in Mexico, is the most remote river in Texas, and is one of the very few true wilderness trips available in the United States (even though it is really in the Country of Texas!) Flowing through the Texas-Mexico desert, the river offers spectacular views of high mountains, the desert floor, wild animals, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, breathtaking flora and fauna and just about everything except signs of civilization.

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