Day 17 - September 3: Last Camp

We woke up to no fog, semi-clear skies, and tasty cinnamon buns for breakfast.

First thing once we got onto the water, we shot Lafferty's Riffle, essentially the last rapid of the trip.  It also proved to be Heather's favourite.  Lafferty's Riffle also meant the end of First Canyon.  But First Canyon is so tall you could still see it pretty far down the river.

We made a very brief stop at Old Boat Owned by Kraus.  Kraus and his wife lived on the river for quite a long time before it was made into a national park, and when they left, they left their boat behind.  It was quite entertaining because one of the river guidebooks actually had "Old Boat Owned by Kraus" labelled on the map.

After Old Boat Owned by Kraus, we headed to the Kraus Hot Springs for a sulphury, warm, hot spring experience.  (The hot springs were where Kraus and his wife used to live before they got kicked out of the park).

There was also a nice little lake behind the hot springs.

Once we were done at the hot springs, we continued our long journey through the Splits.  Before our site, we passed the park boundary.  This was somewhat arbitrarily placed because the park guys just put the sign where they could get it, and not where the park boundary actually is.

Just past the park boundary, it started raining and refused to stop.  Jaroslav was displeased, because he was really hoping he could put his tent away dry.  Have I mentioned how much Jaroslav hated his tent?  This, the last night on the river, he declared as a celebration, he would burn it at breakfast for revenge. (In the end, he didn't, but I suspect that was mostly because it was still raining).