In the mid-1920s, Ed Budge set out on horseback toward the headwaters of the White River in northwest Colorado. He found the perfect spot to build his lodge and the U.S. Forest Service issued his first permit in 1928. Today, Budge’s Wilderness Lodge is a Colorado-owned business, operated by a fantastic team of dedicated managers,
Over the Memorial Day weekend, my family and three others took a wonderfully run whitewater class from River Rescue Dynamics (@riverrescuedynamics) in Grand Junction, Colo., then had the privilege of spending three days in Ruby and Horsethief canyons in far western Colorado and Utah. This was a “let the kids (all nine of them) run