b'Carpe Diem! SEIZE YOUR DAY. EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES AWAIT. ASTOUNDING PLACES BECKON TO BE EXPLORED. WHAT WILL YOUR WESTERN RIVER ADVENTURE BRING?3:21 am 6:32 am 7:06 amThere must be a billion stars just above my head. If onlyCoffee! The exuberant cry from our guides echos acrossI sink my teeth into a warm dutch oven blueberry muffin everyone could see this. Another star streaks across thethe canyon walls. I peek out from my sleeping bag. The sunfollowed by a bite of fresh grapefruit. I bury my toes into the sky. The gentle water laps at the sand a few yards away. casts a warm glow across the 2,000 foot walls toweringcool sand. Watching the river drift by, I smile, anticipating Im lulled back to sleep. around me. what awaits downstream.10:42 am 12:26 pm 3:22 pmI follow our guide on a narrow trail through tall vegetation.Why does a sandwich taste so good out here? Perhaps itsSipping my ice-cold lemonade, I reflect on the early The air is suddenly filled with mist and the sound ofthe fresh air, warm sun, and cool water where my feet areexplorations of John Wesley Powell just recounted by our thundering water. A spectacular stream gushes from dangling. Or maybe its the way our guides carefully lay outguide. The most sublime spectacle in nature Powell called a crack in the redrock cliffs. Breathtaking! all the fixings. Whatever it is, the food is fabulous.this place. I lay back and gaze up. Sublime indeed.'