{"id":33981,"date":"2024-10-04T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/?p=33981"},"modified":"2024-09-19T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:45:12","slug":"gateway-towns-terlingua-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/04\/gateway-towns-terlingua-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Towns: Terlingua, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are moments or places on rivers that feel like portals. Like rounding the bend on Highway 12<\/a> and seeing the cabins along the river at Three Rivers Lodge, signifying the confluence of the Lochsa and Selway Rivers as you enter the Lochsa corridor. Or the noticeable stall in momentum when you leave the free-flowing Salmon River and literally slam into the Snake.\u00a0There are also portals enroute to the water, like being greeted or bid farewell by Vernal\u2019s massive, bubble-gum pink dinosaur, as you prep for the Green and Yampa Rivers.<\/p>\n

And then there are the communities, the human hamlets that are also gateways to rivers. We get excited about doing our pre-trip rounds through town, and we come to associate particular grocery or liquor stores or gas stations or city parks with the river trip itself. We find our favorite campgrounds or motels to stay at the night before launch, and our favorite splurgy dinners-out before days of eating from coolers.<\/p>\n