Boating – May 2018

(Brent) #1

NINGS


WANT TO ESCAPE REALITY?
RIDE A PERSONAL
WATERCRAFT DOWN
THE COLORADO RIVER.

BY JEFF HEMMEL

THE COLORADO RIVER COURS-


ES THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST


DESERT LIKE A VIBRANT BLUE


LINE, A LINE THAT STANDS


IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE


ENDLESS PALETTE OF BEIGE


AND RUST THAT OTHERWISE


DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE.


ALONG THE MAJORITY OF ITS


LENGTH, IT’S SURROUNDED BY


NOTHING EXCEPT SAND AND


ROCK, ALTHOUGH THAT DE-


SCRIPTION CERTAINLY DOES


NOT DO THE PAIR JUSTICE.


THAT SAND AND ROCK MAY


COVER ENDLESS MILES OF


PANCAKE FLATNESS, BUT THEY


CAN ALSO RISE AND TWIST


FROM THE DESERT FLOOR TO


FORM GEOLOGICAL WON-


DERS — MOUNTAINS, ARCHES


AND BLUFFS SCULPTED TO


SEEMING PERFECTION BY


THE HAND OF TIME AND THE


POWER OF THAT VIBRANT


PHOTOS: COURTESY SEA-DOOBLUE LINE.


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