Following the Colorado River from Moab to Mexico – The Durango Herald
For decades, visitors have toured Glen Canyon Dam. Now the Carl Hayden Visitor Center remains open but dam tours have closed. In recent years, thousands of tourists coming to Lake Powell and Page, Arizona have eschewed visiting the dam to instead see the river wrapping around Horseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. (Courtesy of Andrew Gulliford)
With the two largest reservoirs in the nation perilously low, and the Colorado River Basin experiencing the worst drought in centuries, we decided to follow the river by bus from Grand Lake into Mexico. I met the group in Moab, Utah, to provide historical interpretation. Off we went following the Rio Colorado’s sinuous course through canyon after canyon finally arriving south of Mexicali, Mexico, in the river’s dwindling delta.
Denver-based Treasure Box Tours has a number of innovative themed programs including tracing all the rivers that begin in Colorado. It’s done the Arkansas, and I signed on to help with the Colorado. On our first day we left Moab…
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