Kayaking the Arkansas River
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Kayaking the Arkansas River
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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KAYAKING THE ARKANSAS RIVER by PRISCILLA BURGERS
Colorful kayaks are lined up against a wall in Salida, Colorado, awaiting the next adventuresome souls. Kayaking and canoeing in the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area on the river its named after is 148 miles of fun, excitement, and beauty. As the snow melts high in the Colorado Rockies the Arkansas River and world class paddling water is born. From it's headwaters near Leadville the river flows down to Pueblo Reservoir, then heads eastward to the Mississippi River. The stretch of water flowing through the recreation area is one of the ten most popular canoeing and kayaking areas in the nation. Known for its challenging rapids and scenic beauty, it receives nearly 300,000 users annually. What makes the Arkansas so popular is its easy access, variety and continuous numbers of rapids, rapids' technical nature, wildlife, and unparalleled beauty. Paddlers on the Arkansas encounter a full range of water conditions from easy Class I ripples and small waves all the way up to extreme Class VI whitewater which is nearly impossible to run. No other river has the variety or continuous number of rapids. You get out of one rapid and start to relax and you're in another. The scenery along the river is beautiful and the wildlife abundant. Deer, elk, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are often seen near the river.
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March 15th, 2015
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Sarah Batalka
All the different colors all lined up, and the different textures, the flowers sprouting up from the ground, the charm... all of it is perfection! L/F/v
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