From its fresh, clear headwaters on the Edwards Plateau, Margie Crisp and William B. Montgomery follow the Nueces River through the mesquite and prickly pear of the South Texas Plains, to the river's end in Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays on the Gulf of Mexico. With vivid prose and paintings, they record their travels as they explore the length of the river on foot, kayak, and fishing boat.