This clearly is a photo Earl took! This is the canyon we hiked down into the Rio Grande River. It is smaller than it used to be because of the irrigation upstream.

Further down the river, we saw Mexican hombres on the other side. They spoke to us, "Hi amigo!" We spoke back. It scared us when we saw one on the U.S. side, but the park officials said they were gathering grass and shrubs for their goats and horses to eat in their white cloth bags Until 9/11, the town of Boquillas, Mexico and the U.S. were very friendly. Many Big Bend visitors used to go by canoe over to the town and have lunch/dinner and shop there. Now no one can cross into Mexico from here and of course vice versa! Without the tourist trade, the village is very, very poor now.