River Romance
Last year, I got hired on to work for a river company as a swamper on motor rigs in the canyon. I was walking into the company warehouse before rig...
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River of Memories
My first overnight river trip was on the Chama River, in New Mexico. I like to refer to floating this river, as paddling through a Georgia O’keeffe painting, as it...
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I started paddling at 43 years old. I fell in love immediately, just on lakes in the canoe. I decided to give whitewater kayaking a try at 44 and LOVE...
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Each evening we would fall asleep blanketed by a billion stars and soothed by the rushing river waters. Safely tucked in our sleeping bags, my husband and I and our...
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Preserving fragile ecosystems for my Mom
In my Mom’s spirit, I want to keep fighting for the preservation of these fragile ecosystems. With the loss of these places, we will lose that which enables us to...
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Poem: What the Rivers Give
The Tamarack River gave me my first love and my first stringer of fish. A River of unknown name in Alaska gave me its treasure of gold. The...
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Our first Christmas as a Married Couple
My wife and I are approaching our first year anniversary, later this month. But our first Christmas together will always be memorable as both my wife’s first multi-day river trip...
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My River Story Pt 1
Beginning with my very first trips on the Colorado and San Juan rivers at two years old, the few memories I have are plastered with red rock walls and tall...
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