Today was our longest day of paddling so far; we went 28 miles. It was also the hottest day we have had due largely to the lack of cloud cover. We just arrived at our campsite under a bridge and it is 6:30pm. We are all pretty exhausted and sunburned (pfd tans are coming in nicely). Right now I can see Henny Penny is starting dinner, Rickelodeon is journaling to my right, Mater is socializing with some local fishermen, and Marshalldat is exercising his magical fingers. I can't see anyone else but the V.O.R.acious crew is all around me and still keeping it real.
We started on the water at 8:30am and it was scorching hot already! I noticed a lot of erosion along the banks of the Pee Dee today, which I'm guessing is from the flood that happened a few months ago. There havn't been many signs of development along the river for the past few days, only a few scattered cabins here and there. It feels somewhat secluded without signs of society but hearing the birds chirping and fish jumping I am reminded of the many forms of life that we share this river with.
We stopped for lunch at 11:50 on a nice sandy beach and went for a swim. The green heads were out in full force and there were yelps and cries of pain as these colorful flies enjoyed there own lunch.
After lunch we were moving even slower. Tucker and Rick kept us alive with bilge pump showers. We also made a few rest stops along the way. One beach was completely covered with socializing butterflies. We stopped to admire this rare sight and continued on our way with a few fluttering stow-aways who stayed with us for miles.
We made it to the first bridge of the day and our take out under highway 34 outside of Darlington, S.C. Our plan for tomorrow is to start early in order to get into camp early and avoid some of the heat. It's a great plan in theory but I am not looking forward to waking up at 4:30 in the am.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Day 12 Blog post: Aislinn Dugan
Day 12
Finally got to camp after a BRUTAL 28 miles. Faced our first real SC heat this afternoon. This pic sums-up how we all feel. Thanks Jana!
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