Up a little earlier this morning, had a relax in the hammock before anyone else was up. Then pulled a solo mission to go have a shower in the cataract waterfall. Incredible collection of rose quartz in the creek bed, waterfall itself is a series of of drops and long, thin, deep and extremely cold pools hidden way down deep inside a big fissure. Awesome swimming, once again though, extremely cold! Great way to wake up though.
Practiced balancing on the tumblehome while paddle back. Definetely makes for a smoother ride. Cooked up the rest of the pancakes. Oil works better than butter. The last one I made looked like it could've been on a Denny's billboard.
Loon popped up not ten feet away from me while I was doing the dishes, thinking that it was going to be my best chance to get a shot of a loon swimming underwater so i took a dive with the camera; but i missed it.
Had a visit with a watersnake while I was down there too. Went back to the waterfall with Corrine, Kyle and Erica. Too cold for Corrine and Erica to go in. Kyle took off through the woods for a walk and to collect trap fixings. Collected some rock tripe for sushi dinner tonight. Made it up to the top most pool this time and took the plunge with goggles, very neato. Waterfall's cold enough that just sitting under it gave me an ice cream headache. Spent some time with Corrine looking at rocks and building inukshuks in the stream bed on the way back. Picked some cucumber root with numb fingers for Kyle and Erica to try.
Didn't do a whole lot of anything all afternoon, didn't even practice my diving technique. Have definetely switched gears out of work mode by now. Sushi went well. Corrine gave me a new haircut this afternoon, sure cuts down the drag while i'm swimming. Finished the whisky and chocolate tonight. Had a good fire and somehow got into telling everyone the story of Moses (it helps that I had just watched the ten commandments). Great grey owl swooped in and visited the island while we were still sitting around the fire.
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