July 7, 2012
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| Looking towards where we are headed. |
Lunch today is on river right at Lava Creek. Anita, John, Michael and I go for a short hike to get a little elevation for a view up and down the river corridor. Beautiful!
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| Go juniper berry! |
The juniper berry seems to be working as we pump water after lunch. We start by pumping already filtered water through the pump just to make sure it is clean. The water tastes great.
A short day of paddling, approximately four hours until we reach our next camp at Marble Creek. John, Anita, Pat, and I hike up to a pointy ridge through low lying juniper bushes and small willows. From there we had hoped to find a route that would go behind this ridge and up the mountain behind it. We had no luck with that! We bushwacked our way through thick, 6 to 8 foot willows and poplar trees only to find a sheer drop off. We head in a slightly different direction to try again but the result is the same! We start back towards camp and when we get to the clear area where we first reached the top Pat and I decide to hang out for a bit while Anita and John head down.
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