{"id":5309,"date":"2026-10-10T22:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T02:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2026-10-10T22:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T02:15:56","slug":"final-view-of-the-colorado-river-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=5309","title":{"rendered":"Final view of the Colorado river in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saturday, October 10 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road video and map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was supposed to be the culmination of my attempt to Follow the Colorado<\/em> as I drove from Lake Havasu City south to the point that, after studying the course of the river as it flows into Mexico on Google Maps and using street view extensively, I believe to be the closest point to the border that is publicly accessible and safe to stop to take a picture. Much of the land around the river very close to the border is private so my image is taken about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) away from the actual border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is, I believe, the closest to the Mexico border that I can easily get a photo of the Colorado. Rather stupidly, I took the photo in the wrong direction and this shows the river flowing towards us from the US., not flowing away into Mexico. It is raining very hard with high winds and lightning at the moment but, assuming the weather is OK tomorrow, I will go back and take the photo in the right direction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I tried to use a route that kept me as close to the river as possible but there were just a few glimpses of it in the road video and there always seemed to be private properties between us. The only decent views were near Parker Dam just south of Lake Havasu City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was taken from a lookout just downstream of Parker Dam in California. The dam generates a small amount of electricity and creates Lake Havasu upstream.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Try as I might, using both Google Maps and TripAdvisor, I could find nothing along the way that enticed me to stop so it became a simple travel day and a very short post with 50% of my photos needing a retake. I will be driving to Phoenix tomorrow as there are no direct flights from Yuma to Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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