It's not far from the riverbank to the picnic tables and playgrounds, but the wild brush here, as in many parts of sun-baked south Texas, holds hazards: snakes, spiders, mosquitos and more.
Duane junior has just started a conservation project that involves fencing off large areas of riverbank where turtles lay their eggs.
Barbecue your catch on the riverbank for lunch, then after a bathe, a nap and more fishing, it's back to the farm for a sunset Pisco sour.
Strong light created hard contrasts, turning the riverbank into a black gash.
"Of course I would have voted if I could have," said Sergei, 29, who was walking along the riverbank in the city.
He was one of four children born to a timber collector, and he was raised in a shack on a flood-prone riverbank.
The economic activity is a sign that, locally, the game of the river has changed and its power has been reduced.Here the riverbank is protected by low-tech means: heavy sandbags.
They initially approached the town council with tempting plans to expand the small road that runs along the southern edge of the municipal golf course, and to clear the city's riverbank of fast-growing corrizo cane.
He recently trapped some opossums on his property and went down to the riverbank to release them, where he was confronted by Border Patrol agents and asked to explain himself.The belief that the fence will effectively put the river in Mexico rather than the United States is a common concern.
On the Mexican side of the river, in Ciudad Miguel Aleman, a large group was picnicking on the riverbank, swimming, fishing and listening to music.
COLOSSAL and empty, the Sofitel hotel soars above its prime location on Bangkok's riverbank.
