My White Water Rafting Trip

I had a great trip white water rafting on the Colorado River, and I wanted to share my experience, reflections, and some of the things I learned with you. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. You can now text me! Text 'Join' to 1-844-932-1291 to join the community and ask a question! SUMMARY KEYWORDS colorado river, canyon, trip, river, part, places, utah, great, stars, saturn, wife, comforts, sam, text, wilderness, guides, hiking, avid hiker, predicament, globular clusters Hello, everyone. It’s Dr. Sam. I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey everybody, its Dr. Sam and I'd like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. So I've been off for about two weeks and on vacation, one of the things I like to do is do kind of active vacations. And one of the things that my wife and I have done over the years is whitewater river trips. One of the reasons we like those is because it's a fabulous way to get into the wilderness, and have all of your gear transported on the rafts. Some trips we've done previous to this, we did the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho actually, we did it twice, and 2014 and 2015. And that was an incredible trip because we went through the Frank Church wilderness, which is one of the most remote wildernesses in the lower 48 states. So on this river retreat, we did, we actually floated down the Colorado River, we put in just below Moab, Utah. And as we got further down the Colorado River, the Colorado meets with the Green River. And they call that the confluence. So then at that point, the Green River and the Colorado River come together. And that's where the whitewater rapids start. And we go all the way down to our takeout, which is near height, Utah. And it's deep in the heart of the Canyon Country, in South Central Utah. There are some really great things that I received being on that trip, first of all, the guides are really incredible, you know, it's very inspiring to see young people in their mid 20s, who are just passionate about the river nature, and showing people you know, what is going on, deep in the wilderness, and the Colorado river goes through the the heart of Canyon lands, which is one of the great national parks. And it's a vast area, difficult to get into, although you can do it on, you know, some dirt roads and things like that. But Trent, traversing through the middle of Canyon lands, we actually saw some things that, you know, usually you can't see, the canyon walls get so high as you're going down the Colorado River. And just the different designs that have been created over the years through whether it's a geological masterpiece, as you see all the different kinds of rocks. And the the interesting thing I would say, number two that I received from being on this trip is that the Colorado River used to be really high. And due to climate change, and the stress that, you know, water is, is feeling the river is feeling from all the huge population centers like Phoenix and Las Vegas and California that need to draw on that water to know to survive, that the Colorado River has really shrunk. And this, of course, is the conversation that's around the lake Powell Lake Mead areas that are losing so much water, partly because of evaporation and heat and climate change. But also, because of our use in the West. It's one of the big controversies going on right now. And the federal government is trying to jump in to say, look, you know,