Waiting out the flood

Just like in the book, we stopped and at lunch on a small bank by the river:

Notice, if the flood would have struck at this point, we would not have been on high enough ground to avoid injury. We would have had to run over to the bank where Trevor eventually took refuge and would have probably lost most of our luggage. Here is a picture of the bank where Trevor waited out the flood by himself:

The lunch spot is back around the bend to the left. Right after lunch, we started out again, but Trevor had a feeling to go back. He wasn't sure why, but when he did so, he spotted the flood coming and shouted ahead to us to evacuate. He climbed one bank, and the rest of us scampered up the other. My dad was the last, and we dragged him up the bank with only seconds to spare. After the first 20 minutes or so, some of us began exploring our little "island." Barry and Troy found some broken shale slabs and took turns pretending to be Moses with the 10 commandments:

Then somebody discovered that the cliff wall was honeycombed with miniature caves. We spent much of the rest of the time exploring these holes:

Naturally, this natural phenomenon became part of the story. Shane, stranded over on the other bank, tried to see what the others were doing. As he got close to the edge of his embankment, trying to see better, the dirt started crumbling and... fiction takes over. Up until this point in the hike, most of the events are fairly accurate. From this point on, most of the events are fictitious - but not all. Stay tuned for more pictures.