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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