I had a rest day today and it felt
amazing. I can hardly believe that I went over two weeks without a
break but with the weather cooperating and being determined to have
this expedition be a success, I was always pushing myself to keep
going. I had thought when I did stop, it would be a awful, rainy
day, but it was sunny and I couldn't have been more thankful.
I slept in, drank coffee and read my
book. I felt I should be taking advantage of the sunny day more and
exploring, the area up river looked interesting, but really what was
best for me was just to do nothing.
I ate some of the canned food that was
in the cabin and will probably take more with me; soups, beans and a
chili sauce. I hope that is the right thing to do. I have a hard
time imagining an emergency situation it would be needed for and I
think it is there because the people who brought it didn't want to
take it back with them. All of the best before dates are fine.
To balance out the karma books I swept
diligently, cleaned all the ash (and garbage) out of the stove and
cleaned up all the plastic trash in the yard with a big fire. Also,
I thoroughly cleaned my body with soap in the river; fully lathering
and rinsing twice. The less salty water felt great. Afterwards, I
was actually nauseated from the smell of the soap. I wondered if
this is how dog's feel when they get a bath. I considered taking the
soap with me but decided against, it felt like taking to much from
the cabin.
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