Linda Ellerbee has earned a reputation over twenty-five years as a highly respected and outspoken journalist. Her notability as a network news correspondent, anchor, writer and producer has positioned her to head Lucky Duck Productions, a successful and award-winning television production company. Ellerbee's first book, And So It Goes, remained on The New York Times bestsellers list for five months. Recognized as the most candid portrayal of television news ever written, it is used as a textbook in more than a hundred colleges and universities across the country. Ellerbee's second bestseller, Move On, presents a bold and honest portrayal of her own adventures in life.

Read Ellerbee's diary from the journey

Reprinted with permission from the book Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon