AUGUST 7 DIARY PAGES

STORING FOOD STUFF UNDER HEAVY TRAILER AWAY FROM CAMP

AUGUST 7 DIARY POSTING....CHRIS FLEW OVER IN HIS 207 AND SAID HE COULD SEE OUR TRAIL BUT THAT THERE IS A LONG STRETCH OF FOREST IN FRONT OF US.  AFTER FINISHING THE BRIDGE BRYAN LEFT AT 12:45 TO GO DOWN TO BASE CAMP FOR MORE SUPPLIES AND FUEL.  SOMEDAYS HE IS HAVING TO FILL HIS CHAINSAW 5 TO 7 TIMES.  IT'S IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND MOST ANIMALS ARE RESTING.  VIKKI WASHED SOCKS, DID THIS DIARY, KEPT THE FIRE GOING , DID SUDOKU PUZZZLES.  BRYAN SAID HE'LL BE BACK IN 4 1/2 HRS.  AT 5 PM VIKKI HEARD THE QUAD RETURNING AND WENT AND WOKE UP DEAF HANNAH AND WAS IN THE TENT WAKING UP ISHI WHEN BRYAN ROUNDED THE CORNER OF THE SWAMP.  "HE LATER SAID HE WAS QUITE RELIEVED TO SEE ME WALKING OUT OF THE TENT"  HE ASKED WHETHER I'D SLEPT WHILE HE WAS GONE ..... "HELL NO..... MY NECK IS SORE FROM LOOKING THIS WAY AND THEN THAT WAY"  VIKKI SAID " GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK"  BRYAN SAYS THE BEAR THAT TORE THE SAC OPEN MUST HAVE TAKEN OFF WITH A 12 LITRE JUG OF GAS BECAUSE ONE'S MISSING.  
HEARD ON THE SBX RADIO THAT IT WAS -3 IN TAGISH.  WHEN WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING THERE WAS ICE IN THE BUCKET AND FROST ALL OVER THE SWAMP GRASS.