On day 3 we started early (launched by 7:30) to make some miles after being woken by a short shower just before light. (We slept out on the first two nights.) We decided not to take a motor on this trip since we are taking out at Pearce Ferry, but had a lot of flat water to do on days 3 and 4, and wanted to get most of it done on day 3 so we would not get home too late on day 4. Maya rolled up the Bandit and rode in the raft. It started to rain shortly after we launched. The people in the raft were cold and took turns rowing to keep warm, which got them far ahead of the rest of us. I paddled on to find them and noticed some of the splashes in the water from the rain were a lot higher than others. It was hail. The impacts from the hail did not hurt that much with my helmet and gloves on, but tinked when they hit my aluminum paddle shaft. Eventually, I caught up to the raft and had them coast while the others caught up. The rain stopped and started several times and we had hail and strong winds several times, but managed to do 28 miles that day and still got off the river at a reasonable time. We had lunch on the boats. We stopped and found a warm spring on river left. We switched off several times in the different boats. I rowed the raft some and towed the RPM behind the raft, and I took a long turn in our tandem Tomcat that Father Patrick had been paddling while he took a turn at the oars. It was nice to lay back in the IK and look at the scenery when I did not have to paddle. Leslie paddled Michelle's "Rocket" IK and Michelle spent some time at the oars. Ted had a good trip. He did not flip his Jackson Sidekick on the whole trip and paddled the 28 miles on day 3 in his own boat without lagging behind. We camped on a level silt bank on river left about six feet above the river. We were driven into the tents by rain and 7/8" hail just as it got dark. It rained on and off during the first part of the night. Before morning we heard a rock slide across the river and could just make out the dust cloud in the dark.