Dennis wrote: "Ah-ha! I have the answer. I'll visit Mexico and swim across the Rio Grande." Hey Dennis on a cross country trip I took 2 years ago, I visited Big Bend National Park at the border of Texas separated from Mexico by the Rio Grande...and there to my surprise was the 'Rio Grande' which I had always pictured as a 'real grand' monster of a river...well I not only could toss a rock to the other side but I could have waded across into Mexico without even getting my skirt wet! So come on over! Your cyber sis, Gail Vass