Wednesday, July 29, 2009

day five (tsusiat to michigan - 13 km)

ladders coming out of tsusiat




cable car over klanawa river





camp at michigan

chris and brandon made a couch

view from michigan

talking with team red about canadian healthcare

our last fire....gator style

sunset at michigan

we leave camp at 9:20 and had 13 km in front of us.....our second all beach day. i've been setting my boots next to the fire each night to help dry them out. last night they must have gotten a little to hot, because this morning the toe box of the boots feels like it shrunk....and my toes would pay the price for the next two days. we pushed hard and passed up all the other hikers that had left an hour or more before us. the hike was mostly shelf with a little bit of sandy beach. we got into michigan at 2:00 and were, for the first time, first to camp....and for the first time we had our pick of the best camp site. we choose a camp site tucked up against the woods with a great fire pit. firewood was scarce on this stretch of beach so we had to travel up and down the beach only to find small twigs. we ended up finding 8-10 huge logs that people were using as benches and were set on having our biggest bon-fire ever. chris and brandon took several of the sitting logs that encircled the fire pit and made two beach "couches"....and they were quite comfortable. we watched as all the other hikers filed into camp. for the first time the frisbee got some use and for the third time on the trip, the sun came out. we had our last dinner on the trail, our last cocktail, and sat around the fire until 11. tomorrow was the last day.

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