Day 6 – We headed NW, stopping first in the historic town of Roma. During the Civil War the south was cut off from using the MS River to transport cotton, so they found another way – via the Rio Grande to the Gulf. This was when this town flourished – and hasn’t changed much since.
We went to Roma Bluffs, where we had a great view of the Rio Grande and across to Mexico, and were startled by our first look.
Yes, those are guys in full face masks with machine guns in the back of a pickup truck. Yikes!
Then we headed on, stopping at famed birding hotspot Salineno. We did get Red-billed Pigeons.
The kids had fun playing in the dirt, and Rod found a junkyard. Heaven, right?
On to Falcon Lake State Park to set up camp.
After enjoying the sunset, we started to settle in for the night, when Rod asked, “Remember that Dateline we watched about that jet skier who was gunned down on a lake by Mexican drug lords? Was that Falcon Lake???” No way, I say. But, after a quick google search…
You have got to be kidding me.
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