Saturday, September 1, 2018
Thursday night, Rick had the pleasure of meeting a nice gentleman who had moved into a site a "couple of doors" down from us. He had walked over to visit and the two of them talked for quite a while, sharing their stories. Jerry was from the Seattle area and had been coming to this area for many years. He had lots of suggestions for us and was just a real good guy. He came to the campground the night before to get a spot before the holiday weekend rush. His wife Debbie had to work and she would be joining him late on Friday. Jerry and Debbie were "floaters." It seems that the Yakima River that runs through this canyon, brings all kinds of people (college kids, families, older folks) in from all over to spend the afternoon 'floating down the river.' We had seen some of them as we made our trips to and from town and it looked like fun but in all honesty, not something we would probably do.
Well, this morning as Rick and I were getting ready to head to the rodeo in Ellensburg, Jerry, Debbie and their daughter Kristin, stopped over to invite us to go floating with them! They said they had everything we needed for floating, pack a lunch and be at their site and ready to go in 45 minutes.
What a beautiful day we had together.
Laughter at all of us trying to get in and out of our tubes and kayaks, peacefulness as Ol' Man River took us down 12 miles of beauty, happiness with spending time together and getting to know one other and sheer contentment with the warm day, blue skies, cool clear water and floating! A train even came by and blew his whistle. Life is good.
Happy trails. 🎵🎵
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