Rio Grande! Really?

Rio Grande...the big river....

From National Geographic:

One of the largest rivers in North America, the 1,885-mile (3,033-kilometer) Rio Grande runs from southwestern Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. It defines much of the border between Texas and Mexico. But the once grande river is looking more poco these days, thanks to heavy use on both sides of the border.

Less than a fifth of the Rio Grande's historical flow now reaches the Gulf. For a few years in the early 2000s, the river failed to reach the coast entirely. All that separated the United States from Mexico was a beach of dirty sand and an orange nylon fence.

Here’s a snapshot taken at Caballo Dam on the Rio Grande. The piddly little puddles are all there is to the Rio Grande near Arrey and Derry! Let’s hope it snows a lot in the next 3 weeks so the runoff to fill the reservoirs can get underway. If not, it’s gonna be hot and dry on all the crops.

Farmers are a hopeful lot. Tractors are plowing the fields near Hatch…hoping!

But.....Hey! 

 Hay for the cows!