Finally river crossings. This picture shows Turtle crossing the Sandy river at the base of Mt. Hood. We did not make it to this river until around 11am and as you can see water levels were rising due to increased snow melt. Normally that wouldn't be that big of a deal,but this is a "milky" river meaning that as the ice and snow from the glaciers melt at the top of Mt. Hood the water carries away rock flour and the water truly looks milky and unfortunately that means you cannot tell the depth of the water or where the rocks are beneath the surface. We were very lucky on this and someone had constructed a makeshift bridge to help in our travels. Someone even donated a pair of boots to mark the poles. I am not sure of the reasoning on this one, but you can waste a lot of time looking for the reason in a man's thoughts who has spent several months alone in the wild.