You Take It As You Find It

There are things about the sea which man can never know and can never change. Those who describe the sea as "angry" or "gentle" or "ferocious" do not know the sea. The sea just doesn't know you're there--you take it as you find it, or it takes you.
--R. M. Snyder

eastern view from above Bright Angel Canyon (top)
western view from Cheops Pyramid (middle)
inner gorge with Isis Temple (below)