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Amistad Reservoir
From Swimming
to Mexico - Part IV
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 Del
Rio 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.
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.
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.
Del Rio
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A Trip to Lake
Amistad:
Swimming
to Mexico - Part IV
Water: Fort Clark and San Felipe Springs, Lake Amistad and Devil’s
River
Towns: Brackettville, Del Rio and Ciudad Acuna
SWIMMING
TO MEXICO Part III
Water: Medina, Sabinal, Nueces and Leona Rivers and Rio Frio
Towns: Utopia and Uvalde
SWIMMING
TO MEXICO Part II
Water: Guadalupe River
Towns: Boerne, Comfort, Center Point and Kerrville
SWIMMING
TO MEXICO Part I
Water: McKinney Falls, Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Blanco and Pedernales
Rivers
Towns: San Marcos, Wimberley and Blanco
SWIMMING
TO MEXICO introduction
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