I hear the river. Her baby sister, Laura, bounces in my backpack. I'll give you some water. Andrea finds the baby's mouth under the wide brim of the sun bonnet and tilts the canteen carefully. OK, Mom, I'm ready.
Soft dust puffs up around our feet with each step.
Below us a sheer cliff drops away. Andrea Barker, an experienced hiker, is blind. At the time of our Grand Canyon hike, Andrea was seven. That hike was neat because Grandpa and Uncle Myron hiked with us. My sister, Laura, was eight months old.