Brilliant Color

I went camping on the Sandy River about a month ago and was totally blown away by the scenery, more specifically the river rocks. I remember times when I would go to the beach and find brilliantly colored beach stones in the water. I would pick them up and have to take them home with me. But later, once I was home, the rocks would dry and all of those brilliant colors would fade to gray. It was always so disappointing to me. The river rocks that I found on the Sandy River were like the holy grail of colorful dry rocks. I was so amazed that I thought about building a color gradient with them. Then when my boyfriend Peter suggested it as well, I knew I had to do it.