How to sleep on the river

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Slept fairly well last night, as I have finally given up trying to sleep the whole night through. I am now happy to sleep an hour or two at a time.

Andy asked me, "Do you look at your watch when you wake up?"

"Yes."

"Maybe that's your problem."

Broke it again

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Crap.

I broke the camera. Again. For real.

I was trying to get a close up of some ants, and managed to send sand into the lens gear. I hadn't realized how close I was to the sand, and didn't clear the sand off the camera before turning it off.

"Crap" isn't strong enough. Fuck.

Finished Sunk

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Finished Sunk Without a Sound last night. Good book. The writing style is interesting and engaging. I might by Canyon Explorations a few copies, since the current one is sorta ratty.

We stopped tonight at Havasu Camp near mile 156, about a half mile up from Havasu Falls. It's not an easy place to camp, but it's the camping site we wanted.

Mile 152 or so

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Time left

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Four nights, including tonight, left. One big rapid left, then a slow float.

I drank a good amount today. The camera is working well, with the power usage reduction steps in place: no review, dimmed LCD. I managed 364 pictures on this card, plus another 300 on the other card before getting the low battery warning. So, I should manage 700 pictures on this battery, which is a good improvement on the 500 of the last battery.

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