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We filtered the water as quickly as we could. The sun was going to set soon, and we still had a mile back to camp. And we were going to have to do it in the dark, if we did not get going quickly enough.

I was kicking myself for not bringing my head lamp. I shouldn’t have been – there was still plenty of light when we had left, and I had no way of knowing that we were going to have to walk a mile just to get to the water!

Once the water was done filtering we gathered the stuff quickly and started our mile hike. Because of my ankle I was only carrying the water filtration bag and Jen’s sweater. Everyone else was carrying the water bottles and the baby seals. I told everyone that there was a bonus to this – we knew what the first mile of hiking in the morning was going to look like! They just stared at me blankly and kept going. 😀

We made it back into camp just as it was starting to get hard to see. I went straight to my pack and got out my headlamp. Then I grabbed my bowl, spoon, black mat and water bottle and headed up to the kitchen. Dinner was ready, and after those two extra miles, I was hungry!

I think that water run did a lot for me and my relationship with the crew. I started to feel like I belonged with the crew. It was also when we finally got Kayce to break out of his shell. Bobby and Luke both told me when we got back that they had never heard that much out of his mouth. He was a really quiet guy, and they had been trying to get him to “wake up” since they had met him. I think they were bummed that Ben and I were the ones who finally got him to start talking… 😀

Looking back, day three was a big day for me. I learned to trust some of my crewmates on the ladders, and I started to feel like I belonged with the crew on that water run.

On my way to the kitchen I passed Luke and informed him that he was extremely glad that he was not on Water duty that day. When he asked why, I told him that he would find out in the morning. He looked at me with a questioning look in his eyes, but I kept walking towards the kitchen. I was hungry!

Unfortunately, I don’t remember what was for dinner that night. I remember it was good! Since I was done early I went back to our platform with Rebecca. She wanted to get her headlamp, but did not want to go alone. So I walked back there with her and shone my light in the “brain” (the very top) of her back pack.

What happened next happened so quickly, it did not even register for a minute. Rebecca screamed, pushed me out of the way, and ran off as fast as she could.

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