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Colorado Rivers, The Green River, Gates of Lodore, Split Mountain, Whirlpool Canyon

Colorado Rivers, The Green River

We took a four day Colorado rafting expedition with Adrift Adventures located in Vernal UT. Our raft was an oar boat. The four day rafting expedition took us through a section of the Green River putting in at the Gates of Lodore, on the northern edge of Colorado. This was an oar raft trip, so we didn’t have to paddle, and sat high on sleeping cushions called Paco pads, and enjoyed the ride. Our two guides were young and energetic, working from 6am in the morning making camp coffee for us, then breakfast, breaking down camp and rigging up again to row us down stream, picking lines through the rapids Continue reading →

The Colorado Rocky Mountains

The Colorado Rocky Mountains have been created by two tectonic plates that are colliding together, with one plate being thrust downward, and one plate being thrust upward.

The Rocky Mountains are very young in the scope of the earth’s ongoing development, as seen by the accumulating layers, (geological time capsules if you will), as silt from the era has been deposited showing the development stages of its period. As silt falls and settles on flat surfaces, then covered up with the next big earth development, the two plates collide and trust them upward in what is sometimes beyond straight up. The Colorado Rocky Mountains are now formed over time.

Colorado Rocky Mountains, Mountain Scenery, Green River, Colorado Rivers

Several events took place as evident of geological evidence. Ocean wide earth is seen here, as sea shells are found in some of the highest altitudes, as well as volcanic rock showing substantial volcanic activity. Split Mountain has been formed, as the fault Continue reading →