Monday, October 12, 2009

Day 13 (Mile 188)


After last night I woke up felling better but still with little energy. I therefore went into an oar boat, I felt slightly guilty about this knowing what today would be but I wouldn’t have been any good in the paddle boat.

Today included one of only two rapids that we got out to scout, which gives you some idea how much the guides respect it. This rapid is called Lava Falls an even my un-trained eye saw a couple of places we didn’t want to be. With their usual skill we were stared away from the bad places and we got though with no problems.

We pilled in the miles today to make sure we make our pull out time in a couple of days so all of the day was spent looking at the canyon and as we are now in a part of the canyon that was a lava flow many years ago it is another totally different set of views that stops this trip from ever being boring. At this point it is inevitable that thoughts are moving to the end and the comforts of the 21st century that we will have available in just a few days. But it is a reflection of this place that I knew now I will almost inevitably miss this place.

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