If you’ve done a multiday rafting trip on the Rio Grande downstream of Boquillas in the Big Bend region, you probably lugged your boat off the river on a small sandy beach at Heath Canyon Ranch.

Grand Canyon needed to win by 14 points or more to cover the spread. They did not cover, so people who took UT Rio Grande Valley won.

There wasn’t enough water in the river for the top rafting runs: Taos Box, a 15-mile Class ... high in the air above the canyon wall. The beauty of the Rio Grande near Ohkay Owingeh inspires ...