As of today, August 27th, my sophomore year in high school has been in session for one week. It’s been exactly two weeks since I returned home from my trip to South Texas. Two weeks since I visited Frio Town
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“Lord I’d give anything to be / Down on the Rio Grande” – Johnny Rodriguez, “Down on the Rio Grande” If you can’t judge from these photos, lighting conditions in Cotulla during the trip’s last morning were anything but good. The
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“Endless highways and wide open spaces / Children smile with their sunburned faces / Down on the Rio Grande” – Johnny Rodriguez, “Down on the Rio Grande“ I didn’t return to the Starr County courthouse the following morning. There was no
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“I remember the palm trees swaying / Cross the river the sweet music playing / Down on the Rio Grande.” – Johnny Rodriguez, Down on the Rio Grande Day 2 would cover some 350 odd miles from Hondo to the tip
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My final trip to the Rio Grande Valley had begun. As of Sunday, August 10, 2014, my grandparents and I set off, headed for Texas’ southern extremity. Starting just south of the Hill Country and just southwest of San Antonio,