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July 15-16, Total Miles, 2,121 July 15, Day 114 It was a short, tough, adventurous day. There was a heavy dew last night but the morning was sunny. At first the going wasn’t too bad, with stretches where I could paddle and decent wading in …
July 14, Day 113 It was a luxury, drinking coffee, reading, touching up my shoe repair, and letting my tent dry a bit before packing up. There were several stretches of river where I could make good progress paddling, others where I had to sprint …
July 13, Day 112 A calf was loudly bawling nearby, long before dawn. A mule deer buck watched from the edge of the willows as I rounded the first bend. At first the current was fairly mild, but then it became more consistently strong, and …
