If you are a Colorado stream angler, the topic of public access is always there, like a pebble in your wading boot. The more you fish, the bigger the blister grows.
The "A" word was whispered when the driftboat slipped past upscale second homes in the Rio Grande Valley. The vacation homes, poorly disguised as cabins, have sprouted in shocking numbers along the riverbanks where deer once bedded and wild irises bloomed.
Every home resides in the dangerous flood plain, and some hang right over the river. A wave of greeting to a man on his riverfront porch was answered with a glare. The guide pulled on the oars.
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Oak
The "A" word was whispered when the driftboat slipped past upscale second homes in the Rio Grande Valley. The vacation homes, poorly disguised as cabins, have sprouted in shocking numbers along the riverbanks where deer once bedded and wild irises bloomed.
Every home resides in the dangerous flood plain, and some hang right over the river. A wave of greeting to a man on his riverfront porch was answered with a glare. The guide pulled on the oars.
Read it!
Oak
