In the Warm Memory of the Water
My grandmother was known to many as Maude of the Desert. She was a North Dakota grown farm girl who after nursing school road the train west and seemed to...
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I was not prepared to see the trash at the bottom of the wash
When my wife and I retired in 2014 and moved to a 55+ mobile home community situated next to the Pantano Wash, a large wash (a river during Tucson’s monsoon...
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I was always fascinated with the history of a river
I grew up in Mainz, Germany. My family lived on the Rhine River, and from my bedroom window I could watch the boats go by. I was also fascinated by...
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I have been rafting for over a decade
When I started doing these rafting trips I was 14 years old. Now I am 27 so I have been on the boats for over a decade. Hopefully we keep...
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I asked my fiancée to marry me on the Grand Canyon
I’ve loved rivers since I was a young man. My dad was a river boat captain on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. My grandfather was, and...
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I kayaker in the 70’s and went to canoeing in the 80’s and got both of my kids to become guides, which they did! So I bought a raft! And...
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How I Became a Raft Guide
I was what you would call a non-traditional student. It was my second year in my second attempt at college, in my mid-twenties, studying adventure education at Fort Lewis College...
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High and Higher
Twisting my husbands arm to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon was a 2 year sway job until our time slot was upon us. I knew I would...
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