Day 5: The Bore(ing) Tide

Day 5's recap will be a bit briefer than usual as there is sleep to be had. The highlights: 

• The bore tide was more of a boring tide. We did see it, but it wasn't nearly as spectacular as it had been billed. This was supposed to be the largest of the year, but it fizzled. We did get video and photos, which are coming soon. The best video was captured after we left the prime viewing site and ended up getting ahead of the tide where we could see it much better. 
• The official Doran family moose count stands at 10. They're not worth stopping for anymore, unless they're doing something special, like standing in the middle of the road in the dark, which #10 was. 
• Other wildlife counts: coyote - 1. Bear - 2 (seen only by Ken through a large viewing scope). Dall Sheep - about 12. The bear and the sheep were what ended up redeeming the bore tide viewing, as they were visible via the spotting scope at Bird Point, which is where we were waiting for the tide. 
• Another box arrived from the post office today. It was the high-banker. Hurrah! Unfortunately, it was also slightly broken. We need to pick up some small pieces of PVC before we can use it.
• We rented a pump from Joe. Then we went to the pipe fitting shop to make the pump compatible with our stuff. That was looking like it was going to be $50 or $60 so we went back and saw Joe again. He had another pump with compatible fittings, so that's solved. Unfortunately, the second trip to Joe's didn't leave us time to stop at Home Depot for PVC since we were trying to make it to the bore tide viewing. We identified a hardware store in Soldotna though, which is on our way to the claim on Thursday.
• After the bore tide, we checked out some other claims on our way back to Kasilof. More accurately we tried to check out some other claims. They weren't marked and one appears to either require a back country hike or a creek crossing. The creek crossing probably is the option of choice most of the time, but with the rivers as high as they are, it's not an option right now. So, Thursday we're going back to Crescent Creek to run the high-banker.
• You'll note that there was no fishing mentioned today. We're going to get that in first thing Thursday morning so Sarah's fishing license doesn't go completely unused. With all the fish we've seen jumping in creeks, rivers, and lakes, we really want a couple of our own!
• You'll also see no mention of showering. Ken is far less driven to shower on his wilderness outings than Sarah is and he has the car keys. So that's that! 
• There likely won't be an full Day 6 update until Friday or so, as we're headed out to the claim on Thursday and spending the night. There's no wi-fi service among the trees, so no update will be forthcoming!