We woke up, ate breakfast and packed up in the rain, which is the worst! We spent the day paddling through a very braided section of the river. It wasn't terribly challenging, but we had to be constantly alert so we could be sure to be in the best channel. What with all the weaving back and forth there was a lot of paddling with not much actual distance covered.
Eventually the rain stopped, but there was a very cold headwind, and we had to stop after a few hours to walk up and down a sand bar and try to warm our frozen feet.
Lunch on a sandbar on a bitterly cold day
We found a camp on a sandbar before we hit the S-bend rapids so we wouldn't be hitting difficult water when we were tired.
Camping under glowering skies
Much to our surprise it didn't rain all evening so we were able to dry off our gear.
Looking back upstream
While we were making supper in the bug tent we could hear a perigrine falcon crying (bird of the day).
And the flower of the day:
Cinquefoil
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