Word: though
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...school night. Walk past the guard at the reception desk, down past the rows of slightly musty bunk beds, past the red-eyed guys slumped in front of a tiny TV screen filled with colored snow. Just as your heart starts to sag with despair for the human condition, though, stop and take a peek through the locked door on the right. The contrast couldn't be starker. You see a brilliant white computer lab with state-of-the-art PCs and a massive Ethernet hookup; rows of servers with blinking green lights and spaghetti wiring...
...wide crescent covered with soft, salmon-colored sand. No other boat or person was in sight. Once we had anchored, our daughters made a mad dash for the upper deck in what would be the first of innumerable shrieking rides down the slide into clear 80[degree] water. Though the bow of the boat was wedged securely on sand, the water off the stern was 12 ft. deep, ideal for swimming and diving...
...Though we were enjoying the here and now, it was evident that the past is present everywhere at Lake Powell. The topography has been shaped by 2 billion years of geologic activity. Dinosaurs that walked the earth 150 million years ago have left tracks in Glen Canyon. Scattered along the lake's canyon walls are ancient petraglyphs chiseled by the Anasazi pueblo dwellers some 700 years ago. The lake is named after Major John Wesley Powell, a Civil War veteran who led the first scientific expedition into this region in 1869. Some of the rocks here still bear his initials...
...bulk of those reservations are airline tickets, though industry experts say more travelers are starting to book hotels, cruises and vacation packages. Every carrier has a website these days--as do most hotels, cruise lines and car-rental companies--and many offer special deals that you won't find elsewhere. (Every Wednesday, for example, the airlines sell off their available seats for the coming weekend at bargain-basement prices.) Even if you don't end up buying tickets from an airline site, check there first to get a benchmark for future shopping...
...elderly who break a hip can be expected to die within a year.) The crash helmets for hips are recommended for people with osteoporosis, especially those who suffer dizzy spells or are otherwise tumble prone. Whether old folks can be persuaded to wear them, though, is anyone's guess...