Day 5 

Barbara is really in pain and decides to flag down a jet boat that goes up and down the rapids to try to get back to the put in and find a shuttle to get back to town. She wants to see a doctor. We hope that everything is ok for her. Meanwhile the night has been peaceful. Muscles are stiff, aching but I think I have to forget about it and that it won't go better from day to day now. This morning we had pancakes, yummy, yummy. Today it's a 14 mile paddle down the river with only one major rapid. In the middle we will have a treat. We will be able to buy an ice-cream….

We are looking forward to it. We are in the middle of nowhere, but someone is selling ice cream. Magali swam at the same place were Mary swam. We saw Mary tip over in front of her and Magali wondered why. But right on top of the rapid, just before the hole, then she understood and reproduced the same very nice flip!

We had a very nice stop at the "Buckskin Bill 's cabin" where we enjoyed our ice cream. We saw beautiful hummingbirds and we also saw 4 big horns that came to drink in the river. What a chance! We played volleyball for about 1 hour (under the sun) before getting back to our boats. Tonight we played a couple of games. 2 persons, one on each metal box in balance, are holding the same rope. Who will fall from it? The other game consists in trying to grab a cereal bar from the floor when you are on a small metallic box without putting your knees on the floor or on the box!

The dinner has been superb tonight. The meat was extra…