| A STORY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU |
| University Press of Colorado |
Copyright 1998 by the University Press of Colorado |
Published by the University Press of Colorado |
Printed in the United States of America. |
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. |
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984 |
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
Callahan, Gerald N., 1946 |
River odyssey : a story of the Colorado Plateau / Gerald N. Callahan. |
ISBN 0-87081-469-9 (hardcover) |
1. Colorado Plateau-Description and travel. 2. Colorado River |
(Colo.-Mexico)-Description and travel. 3. Callahan, Gerald N., |
1946 . 4. Hiking-Colorado Plateau. I. Title. |
| For my wife, Gina, who in many ways is the river |
and who made all of this possible.
For my son, Patrick, and my daughter, Jennifer,
who have shown me things I would have missed.
And for my mother, June, and my father, Wayne,
who gave me fingers that I might write.
| | | Prologue: Uncle Henry's Craziness |
| | | | | | | | | The Snag at Potato Bottom |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In the End Death Looks a Lot Like Me |
| | | | | Because I Am Mad About Women |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Dead Man Near Monument Valley |
| | | The Thing Inside Your Head |
| | | | | | | | | | | Yellow-Crowned Night Heron |
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The photo of the author in the San Rafael Swell was taken by
Dana Leach. All other photos were taken by the author. |
| PHOTO | | 10 | Ray's Tavern, Green River, Utah | | 15 | The San Rafael Knob atop the San Rafael Swell | | 20 | La Poudre Pass, Coloradothe Beginning | | 27 | The author's brother, Michael, and his favorite form of transportation, near Kanab, Utah | | 33 | The Grand Valley from the mesas near Bull Canyon | | 38 | Dead Horse Point and the potash evaporation ponds, Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah | | 41 | Grand View Point, near Moab, Utah | | 43 | The author's son, Patrick Callahan, walking on thin ice near Moab, Utah | | 49 | The Professor Valley, on the road from Cisco to Moab, Utah | | 50 | Canyon reflections-Entrada sandstone near Moab, Utah | | 51 | Jug Handle Arch, near Moab, Utah | | 60 | Deep inside the Colorado Plateau |
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