Mist on the river is always present in the mornings.
When the sun started coming over the trees, the light was pretty on the Fall leaves.
You can see that ML still has on her down jacket, however!
Our campsite was on quite a large sandbar. It was nice not to have to share it!
People we didn't see. However, it is clear in this picture that we had cell service.
I finally got my photo of a red leaf just under the water. Although the water is supposedly "black" from tannin, it was surprisingly clear.
Here is another "looking beneath the water" photo. OK, that's all of those I'm going to show you.
As we follow the river, it flow is greater from feeder streams. It is also wider and doesn't have as many obstacles to paddle around.
It's just a great float at 3 knots or so, and the occasional paddle. Every once in a while, we just paddled for awhile to get some exercise.
A dragonfly sat on the dry bag long enough for me to get the camera and find the macro setting. Not a great photo, but fun to see up closer than usual. They are certainly amazing flyers.
For awhile, the wind came up and we had to paddle against it. But it wasn't too bad - in fact, much better than the Alatna River when we nearly killed ourselves paddling.
By the time we got to the final bridge just before the take-out, it was calm again. Paul was there to meet us and back to the car we went.
But, to a degree, my response to ML's question about how long I could do this, was a bit different after just 24 hours. Along with other trips I've taken, the rhythm of the river and the sun and moon and daily chores was already starting to take effect. It was hard to get in the car and face the traffic.
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