Amid drought, Colorado rafters flock to oases while they can BRITTANY PETERSON and THOMAS PEIPERT, Associated Press July 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 17 1of17Kyle Lester, a rafting guide for Rocky Mountain Adventures, teaches a group basic safety measures and rowing techniques before floating down the Cache la Poudre River near Fort Collins, Colo., Wednesday, June 23, 2021. The river in northern Colorado is flowing well compared to waterways in the western part of the state, much of which is experiencing extreme drought.Thomas Peipert/APShow MoreShow Less 2of17Dylan Dems, a rafting guide for Rocky Mountain Adventures, takes a group down a whitewater section of the Cache la Poudre River near Fort Collins, Colo., Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Across Colorado, parched lakes and rivers are at some of their lowest levels on record. But on one still spared by the drought, boisterous children bob along with guides as water splashes into their blue inflatable rafts.Thomas Peipert/APShow MoreShow Less