Day five is our last day on the main river. At one of our breaks Uncle Mark hands out Snickers to everyone that he has secretly carried all week in addition to all his other gear.

By lunchtime we have reached Big Creek and the end of the river trail at RM 76.5. Here we turn up Big Creek to begin our hike out of the canyon.

Our last camp is made at the junction of Winom Creek and Big Creek, 1. 5 miles from the river. Here Uncle Jeff successfully catches trout for dinner, as does Cousin Meri under the tutelage of Uncle Mark.

Cousin Matthew Scott, age 11, writes of the day ---
"On the 4th. of July we hiked the longest of all the days of hiking, 6 1/2 miles. While we were having a break my dad gave out snickers, they were good. When we got to our campsite, my dad and I went fishing on the river. I slipped off a rock and got wet and miserable. Then I went back to camp. My cousin Merri, caught all the fish and I didn't catch anything. It was not fair. Then we went to bed. That is all that happened that day."