Sorry, no pictures today. The wifi is a bit slow.
We have been hit by a heat wave on the Columbia! Temperatures have been soaring so we have been getting up very VERY early (4am) to beat the wind and heat. We still get more that our fair share of high temps in the afternoons though so today we actually took the chance to jump out of the canoe and swim during one of the water breaks (what a water break!)
On a lighter (or darker for some) note, last night despite being assured that the sprinklers had been turned off we were awakened at 12:30 by a shower from the lawn irrigation. All brigaders were in on the inadvertent joke as we all got a decent soaking. Most of us were sleeping outside as it doesn't rain much here and ended up with soaked sleeping bags. Fortunately for Matt and Andy the bugs had long ago driven them into their tents where they joined Isaac and Natalie in some protection from the barrage. One unfortunate couple from the surveyors (poor Bernie) had a sprinkler head inside of their tent fly and were quite drowned out until they found a bucket to put on the sprinkler. However, another hot day greeted us and we all dried out quite well;)
We have been hit by a heat wave on the Columbia! Temperatures have been soaring so we have been getting up very VERY early (4am) to beat the wind and heat. We still get more that our fair share of high temps in the afternoons though so today we actually took the chance to jump out of the canoe and swim during one of the water breaks (what a water break!)
On a lighter (or darker for some) note, last night despite being assured that the sprinklers had been turned off we were awakened at 12:30 by a shower from the lawn irrigation. All brigaders were in on the inadvertent joke as we all got a decent soaking. Most of us were sleeping outside as it doesn't rain much here and ended up with soaked sleeping bags. Fortunately for Matt and Andy the bugs had long ago driven them into their tents where they joined Isaac and Natalie in some protection from the barrage. One unfortunate couple from the surveyors (poor Bernie) had a sprinkler head inside of their tent fly and were quite drowned out until they found a bucket to put on the sprinkler. However, another hot day greeted us and we all dried out quite well;)
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