There was beautiful orange sunrise. I was paddling by 6:30.  Although the current was significant I was making steady progress. The river was braided, often with two or more channels split up by sandy islands, with some channels dead ends.  Looking ahead I saw at …

I wasn’t quite as stiff this morning as I had feared, as a matter fact I felt pretty good.  There was a very heavy dew last night but I wasn’t going to stick around until my tent dried.  Not long after I started paddling there …