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Along Arizona's Colorado River Is A Sunny Park Oasis To Kayak, Swim, And Hike Mountain Trails

This state park in western Arizona is a haven for outdoor lovers and is situated near other protected wildernesses, making it ...
The Daily Gazette

Google cameras take rafting trip at Grand Canyon

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Google has taken its all-seeing eyes on a trip that few experience: the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. The search giant partnered with the advocacy group American Rivers ...
The Denver Post

8 of Colorado’s best whitewater rafting stretches

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Splash, dunk, rinse, laugh, repeat. Since the 1970s, commercial whitewater rafting has been one of the most idealistic and adventurous ways to experience ...
SFGate

How 2 botanists risked everything to raft the Grand Canyon in 1938

Melissa Sevigny never wanted to raft the Colorado River. Somewhere between “outdoorsy” and “adventurous,” she wasn’t enough of an adrenaline junkie to seek out days of isolation beneath the Grand ...
Vail Daily

For lawmakers, an afternoon float on the Colorado River reignites an age-old question: Who gets access to the state’s streams?

Sporting sandals, swim shorts and baseball caps — and hopefully plenty of sunscreen — a cohort of state lawmakers hopped aboard several rafts on a hot June day to talk policy as they floated the ...