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CIUDAD
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Across the
border from Del Rio
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The Del
Rio Chamber of Commerce is at 1915 Avenue F. 830-775-3551. Check
with them for walking and driving tours of Del
Rio, and information on crossing the border to Ciudad Acuna.
The bridge to Acuna is nearly 3 miles from Del Rio, but all day parking
is available at reasonable rates on the U.S. side.
CIUDAD ACUNA has a population of nearly 120,000 but is surprisingly
clean and tranquil compared to other border towns.
The Dam at Lake
Amistad is a good photo opportunity for the magnificent twin
eagle statues (fraternal not identical). If one is there at dusk,
a flag lowering ceremony takes place on the Mexican side with the
Mexican national anthem provided by a tape on a cassette recorder. |
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The big attraction
of course is Lake
Amistad. With 1000 miles of shoreline and 65,000 acres, this is
one lake in Texas (and Mexico) that is not over-fished. Besides fishing,
Lake Amistad
offers swimming, boating and even scuba diving.
Managed by the National Park Service, the headquarters is on Hwy 90
just west of the city limits. The U.S. side has 3 marinas with one
reserved for Air Force personnel. The Mexican side has a marina and
a Mexican fishing license is required if you fish that side, but it
is sold at the U.S. marinas as well.
Every October the two cities have a month long Celebration of Friendship,
with races, beauty pageants and all sorts of festivities, which proves
that U.S.– Mexican relations would fare better without politicians.
© John Troesser
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