Wet winter gives rise to robust Rio Grande
RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE NATIONAL MONUMENT — Not far from the village of Pilar, the Rio Grande was running fast, high and wide on a recent weekday morning as John and Michelle Hood stood near a 14-foot rubber raft, preparing their 4-year-old daughter for her first rafting trip.
Was Elizabeth Hood excited about her watery sojourn? “Yeah,” said the girl, whose family was visiting from Denver. She flashed a wide grin.
Was she planning to swim? “Yeah,” she said again, indifferent to the low temperature of the snowmelt runoff surging down the river. Her grin grew wider.
Was she the least bit afraid? Elizabeth shook her head.
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