A Desert Awakening
It's 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning. Johnny Cash's gravely-voiced hymns soar from the tape deck. The music is our spiritual link as we bounce down the road southbound from Moab, Utah.
My four companions and I are heading with our guide toward Canyonlands National Park. Today is the first of a five-day backcountry driving and rafting vacation. After two days exploring the desert in a Chevy Suburban 4x4 and camping out the under the stars, we'll raft the Colorado River for another three. Our river route includes navigating Cataract Canyon, which during spring runoff has some of the biggest whitewater in North America. It's late May. The river's flow is already over 50,000 cubic feet per second. We know that we're in for the wild water.
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