More Cataract Canyon

Approaching the confluence of the two rivers, the rock layers tilt upward because the Meander Anticline runs through there. The confluence is just around the next bend from here.

Patty rowing the raft. She took to this really quickly, and was a big help. She didn't row any of the rapids, but there is a lot of flatwater on this trip. Maybe rapids next year, if she agrees!

Patty is looking for something.

Daytime reflections on the river. One side of the river shadowed and the other in the sun. Somewhere in Stillwater Canyon.

Sunset is a particularly beautiful time in Canyonlands. Not that it isn't beautiful at all times, in all seasons. This was one of our camps in Stillwater Canyon.

On down the river, which is very slow most of the 52 miles to the confluence between the Green and the Colorado Rivers. I don't know the locations of most of these photos (I did once) so I will try to post most of them by exposure number, which of course increased downstream. An exception to this is the very first photo in this section, across from Anderson Bottom.

The yellow plants on the right used to be tamarisk, hated by river runners and by water suppliers in Southern California and Arizona because of their huge water consumption, and because they took over entire riverbanks for miles. They're being consumed at long last by beetles which are being bred for the purpose.

A continuation of our Cataract Canyon trip in August of 2008. A previous post shows the beginning of this trip.

Other projects got in the way, but here are some more photos of the Green River's Stillwater Canyon. And in another post, Cataract Canyon which is after the confluence with the Colorado River. This particular rock is across the river from Anderson Bottom.