Show Take A Trip I Down Colorado The spectacular beauty of the Colorado Rivers River's Glen Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon Gorge will be enjoyed by visitors of all ages during the Labor Day weekend when the John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum of Page Ariz conducts conducts conducts con con- ducts another series of daylong daylong daylong day day- long float trips downstream from huge Glen Canyon Dam to historic Lees Ferry RESERVATIONS for the cruises can be arranged by writing to the profit non-profit Museum Museum Museum Mu Mu- seum at Six North Seven Avenue Avenue Avenue Av Av- Av- Av in Page or by phoning The float trips last of the current season will be conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted Saturday Sunday and Monday September 56 and 7 ANYONE of any age may join the cruises aboard big safe neoprene boats piloted by expert licensed Stan Jones the Museums Museum's director personally conducts each voyage providing narratives narratives narratives narra narra- tives on the history geology and lore of the fascinating beautiful gorge THE TIlE FARE in the form of a donation to the Museum is 20 for adults and 1250 for children under 13 years Lunch cool beverages and andall andall andall all bus transportation to and from Page and the nearby river are provided free by the Museum THE POPULAR float trips begun two years ago as a means of financing the new Powell Museum have become its major source of income More than men women and children from as far away as Japan Italy and Canada have hae enjoyed the mile long cr cruise through placid blue waters of or The Glen one of the West's deepest most wondrous chasms ON ONE recent cruise were a man 88 years old and a achild achild achild child less than two On another another another an an- other a physically handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped pair were able to enjoy enjoy enjoy en en- joy and photograph the sheer majestic cliffs and tree-laden tree beaches lining the lovely ri river river river ri- ri ver route During each float trip frequent frequent frequent fre fre- quent stops are made so passengers passengers passengers pass pass- engers can swim in beautiful coves picnic on a white beach I l land and hike to Indian and old inscriptions hacked into red sandstone walls by placer miners SPECIAL permits issued to the Museum by the National Park Service and the U. U S. S Bureau of Reclamation allow float trip participants to be transported by bus through a huge two-mile-long two tunnel from Page to the base of Glen I Canyon Dam At the rivers river's edge with the worlds world's highest steel-arch steel bridge looming above passengers passengers passengers pass pass- engers board the big neoprene neoprene neoprene neo neo- prene boats and begin the long day voyage SINCE Major John Wesley Powell first explored Glen Canyon in 1869 relatively few persons have been privileged to visit the depths of gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gor gorge Sheer cJ cliffs rise from to 1500 feet along both shores Pleasant riffles but no rapids rapids rapids rap rap- ids dot the river route A large variety of birds including including including in in- several rare eagles inhabit the canyon Big rainbow rainbow rainbow rain rain- bow trout swim in its waters Powell Museum personnel boast that they have never had a dissatisfied passenger on a Museum float trip |