day four - people of the big river

 Went to bed little later telling stories with Kyal and James and about life things going on. It was nice, especially knowing we’re going to bed for the travel day the next morning. slept really good, it was so comfortable that it was hard to wake up. however, knowing we’re traveling to Wellpinit was rather exciting. Ate some cereal to wake me up and cold fresh water. still had a hard time waking up. packed everything up pretty quickly, besides the air mattress. it’s exhausting trying to get all the air out. thankfully I had Roman to help me. we hit the road, passing through Goldendale..my hometown. Made a stop at campus to unload first, then made our way to dry falls. it was amazing to see what the glaciers/floods did to create bowl like canyons. then another stretch, but stopped to get some groceries at a little store that had everything we needed. final stretch up to wellpinit. made it to the Wellpinit Spokane Tribe Of Indians powwow grounds, set up camp, and instantly started getting dinner ready. Afterwards I watched the sunset after a fresh hot shower with Corbin Kyal and James. I fell asleep quicker from being beat from working with Fisheries at swamp creek. 

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