No ravens!? How about GBHs? I highly recommend the Holiday Way. I did this Cataract trip with them last year and had a blast. The whole outfit blew me away with their service, knowledge, work ethic, and fun! Huge group almost 30 total I think so I'm glad I batched up enough 'Returning Rapids Old-Fashioned' to share with everyone who wanted some.
"Once I heard a five-year-old squeal and leap into the current, I knew the trip was essential. This was affirmed when someone said, “We need this river to flow when that child is an adult.” Amen. I do not doubt the high-level information presented at the conference, but this is the kind of Colorado River story more of us need to hear. Riverside is devoted to the Colorado River watershed community. It considers how our relationships with the watershed, past and present, will help sustain its 1,700-mile course and our future, even as the climate dries." Perfect. THIS is the thing. THIS. Thank you!
I can so imagine. ♥️💫 There are always seeds, some of which are happy children enjoying nature. At least, that’s what this eternal seeker of hope believes. Thank you so much for doing this difficult work. 🙏🏼
I appreciate your refusal to use the abreviated name "Deso". I know its a trendy thing, but names are important, full names. I rebelled years ago when people started calling the upper Colorado River the "upper C". That still riles me. It is a lack of respect for the river, abreviating it to nothing more than a recreational playground rather than a River, with a capital R as any proper name and place should be.
Ahhhh…. To be on The River again. Better to be on the river watching it disappear than to be home watching it disappear. Happy for you to get on someone else’s trip! Maybe next time you’ll beat the bots at Rec.gov!🤣 Lotsa luck there… Absolutely LOVE the photo of Katie the dam protester!
No ravens!? How about GBHs? I highly recommend the Holiday Way. I did this Cataract trip with them last year and had a blast. The whole outfit blew me away with their service, knowledge, work ethic, and fun! Huge group almost 30 total I think so I'm glad I batched up enough 'Returning Rapids Old-Fashioned' to share with everyone who wanted some.
I need your cocktail recipe for this week’s GCI/Holiday Cat trip! Cheers! 🥃
Returning Rapids Old-Fashioned
Get thee to a liquor store and look for a 1.75L plastic bottle of rotgut vodka.
Toss out the vodka (cause, vodka - psh, trash) to use the bottle.
1,340ml rye whiskey*
110ml simple syrup (1:1 water & sugar; make your own, don't buy the store crap)
25ml aromatic bitters (Angostura [the yellow cap] is most ubiquitous)
270ml filtered water
Measurements close to these are good enough, doesn't have to be exact. Rafters can add water to their pour on the beach to suit their taste.
* your choice but I like to use Old Overholt or Rittenhouse. both are inexpensive but good quality.
Charles Bernheimer would also approve of this cocktail. Let's see if I can get my act together and whip this up!
A river trip would be a dream, they’re just so “dam” expensive 😩
That’s what keeps me away as well
I get it. That’s why I have to work for my river rides!
At least we get to reap the secondary benefits through your work! 🌊📑
"Once I heard a five-year-old squeal and leap into the current, I knew the trip was essential. This was affirmed when someone said, “We need this river to flow when that child is an adult.” Amen. I do not doubt the high-level information presented at the conference, but this is the kind of Colorado River story more of us need to hear. Riverside is devoted to the Colorado River watershed community. It considers how our relationships with the watershed, past and present, will help sustain its 1,700-mile course and our future, even as the climate dries." Perfect. THIS is the thing. THIS. Thank you!
Thank you for the encouragement! This and happy children ease writing about the darkest facets of human induced climate change. ✨
I can so imagine. ♥️💫 There are always seeds, some of which are happy children enjoying nature. At least, that’s what this eternal seeker of hope believes. Thank you so much for doing this difficult work. 🙏🏼
I appreciate your refusal to use the abreviated name "Deso". I know its a trendy thing, but names are important, full names. I rebelled years ago when people started calling the upper Colorado River the "upper C". That still riles me. It is a lack of respect for the river, abreviating it to nothing more than a recreational playground rather than a River, with a capital R as any proper name and place should be.
"I refuse to abbreviate such a soulful name to “Deso.”" Thank you! 🙌
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Ahhhh…. To be on The River again. Better to be on the river watching it disappear than to be home watching it disappear. Happy for you to get on someone else’s trip! Maybe next time you’ll beat the bots at Rec.gov!🤣 Lotsa luck there… Absolutely LOVE the photo of Katie the dam protester!