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Show H l winm . ? . , , , | 1r . . fm a > u . ? , _ . . . , fcM , . - . , < J , _ , IL , ? , . , . l . ( Tr-n Trn ) , . _ . . J lirr ? , . , , ! . , - , . , . - . mm , ( r-iur riur ) ( -nr nr ) ( mir- mir ) < . , * * . * . 4- . , , - , . . - . * . . . ( "f f ) - , * ' ( t-iMMMIMMMMMMU tiMMMIMMMMMMU ) - * t : * * . -'- . . * 1062 before they would try it . When they got down to the head of the cataracts they camped there several days and explored around and returned back ( up tip ) to the junction . ( R . 4215 . ) They then went up the Colorado or Grand River to Moab . About three miles up from the junction just before entering the gorge they struck a sand bar . The water is a little swift there and they made slow headway . From there on up to Moab they struck some few sand bars , but they did not give much trouble because they would strike them on the low side . ( R . 4214-4216 . ) He means by that the sand bars are always built downstream , the water carries them down , then they have a shoulder on the downstream end ; if you hit them when you are going against the current , you hit that shoulder , you can back right away from it . If you hit them on the upstream side , the water carries you right on the slope . ( R . 4216-4217 . ) After reaching Moab the owner of the boat went back to Denver and the rest of the crew back to Greenriver . He supposes the purpose of the Moab trip was to interest people in the resort at the head of Cataract Canyon . He had nothing more to do with the Undine and has never seen it since he got off at Moab . As far as he knows it never went back ( to to' to ) Greenriver , . ( R . 4217 . ) He recalls a boat named the City of ( Moab Aloab ) and was one of the pilots on its first trip . On the first trip of the City of ( Moab 31oab ) they went from Moab down |