61a - 9/28 - Rogue (Day 4)

Bear picture courtesy of Shawn Cadigan

After our really long day of rowing, we were due for a layover day. The weather cooled down a little, and some wind came up, but it was still a nice sunny day. Some people went for hikes, and some just hung out on the beach. I wanted to hike, but my foot was bothering me so I stayed around camp. Breakfast was French toast, which was excellent. Dinner was fettucini alfredo with smoked salmon - delicious!

At one point in the afternoon, I noticed a bear upstream on the other side of the river. One person in the group got several pictures of the bear, and even rowed across the river to get photos of footprints.

One thing that was nice about this trip was that we had bear fences and toilets at every camp. Bear fences are small electric fences that keep the bears out of your coolers and stuff. We had a small bear fence along, which we put around the coolers some nights, and around the kitchen at the last camp. Having toilets at every camp meant that we didn't need to use the toilet we brought with us. That saved us some time and work at the end of the trip.

As the day went on, we started to get some rain clouds. We put up an additional shelter, and everyone had their rain flies on their tents for the night. It didn't rain much, but it was enough to get stuff wet.