Rough Canyon

We have tried two different boat launches on the lake. One called Black Brush is close to the RV park but when the wind blows its hard to fish here because its so open. The other launch we have tried is called Rough Canyon. Its about 15 miles north of us. Rough Canyon is along the Black River which dumps into the Rio Grande at Lake Amistad. It is one of many canyons along the river. The Black River is very nice to fish and has some beautiful homes and condos being built along it. The walls of the canyons range from flat to very high so there are some fairly scenic places.

We are happy to be back in the desert again. Although we miss seeing the mountains in the distance that we saw in New Mexico. We can see Mexico from our campsite, way in the distance and it looks like there may be mountains that way but we won't be finding out. Acuna is the Mexican town on the other side of the dam. From the sound of it, it is a pretty large town of around 200,000 but the little tourist area that you could walk to across the border has pretty much shut down. The need for passports, the economy, the rumors of drug violence, and the H1N1 flu scare pretty much killed it.

We are getting to know Del Rio and have found groceries at the HEB are a pretty good deal. HEB is the big grocery chain in Texas. They have an amazing array of fresh, dried and canned chili peppers. I just wish I knew which ones were milder and how to use them in some recipes. After a year of being full time RVer's we are getting faster at settling in and finding decent shopping and services. I'm starting to really appreciate one stop shopping, banking, pharmacy, hair salon and optical departments at Walmart. We do like to find local places to buy from but sometimes its just easier to go to Walmart.