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FALL COMETH & THE WATER RUNETH (9.14.06) |
OK, so the water is runeth-ing slowly. This marshy section of Homestake Creek lies just off U.S. Route 24 in Colorado at almost exactly 9,000, and almost exactly halfway between the quaint, old railroad town of Minturn and the old mining town of Leadville (at 10,152 feet, Leadville lays claim to being highest incorporated city in the U.S.). Eventually, this water will flow into the Eagle River, then the Colorado River, merge with the Green River and run through the Grand Canyon. Whatever doesn't evaporate or isn't syphoned off by then will make a run for the Gulf of California in Mexico, somewhere around 1,700 river miles from this tranquil spot .
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