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Gina pull River Time into the shade against the left<br />
cliff wall and tie off to a piton anchored into the wall.<br />
There Mick gets out his guitar and the kayakers, still<br />
in their kayaks, pull in close and listen to Mick play<br />
his guitar and sing some of his original river songs,<br />
which were inspired by this very stretch of river.<br />
After listening to Mick, we thank him for sharing<br />
his wonderful music with us, and then push out into<br />
the current again into the canyon’s beautiful afternoon<br />
light. Early morning and late afternoon are my favorite<br />
times to be on the river. A summer morning on the<br />
river is one of life’s great delights. The air is cool.<br />
The light is soft. Swallows, sometimes by the thousands,<br />
skim over the surface of the water catching insects.<br />
On mornings following a nighttime rainstorm,<br />
mist and fog lift off the river which gives the canyon<br />
a just-created quality.<br />
Smell the river. Smell the willows. Smell the grass.<br />
Late afternoon on the river is also amazing.<br />
John D. Lee, for whom<br />
Lee’s Ferry is named, moved<br />
to the area in 1870 with the<br />
goal of establishing a Ferry<br />
Crossing. The ferry, which<br />
was a wooden barge pulled<br />
back and forth across the river<br />
by a cable, was finally established<br />
in 1873.<br />
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