Re: [Paddlewise] Sunny Fall Paddle on Banks Lake

From: Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:13:46 -0700
   Well, since you asked. I went for a hike to Punchbowl Falls in the Columbia
River Gorge. It was pretty warm. There were cute young things by the dozen
along the trail, mostly wearing bikinis. This is by no means typical of
hiking in the Gorge. Turns out, someone had decided that the happening
place for the high school crowd last weekend was the swimming hole below
the falls. And did the word ever get out. It wasn't Woodstock, but it
was very weird for the usually staid Gorge. Didn't have a camera, but my
brain is still seared with images. Fortunately, the high school crowd
doesn't go beyond the falls, so I imagine the hike beyond is still pristine.
But I'll never know, since I didn't go past the falls.

Brad

Quoting Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>:

> Tent cabanas lined the sandy beaches as I paddled back to the launch ramp
> with cute girls in bikinis throwing sticks for their golden retrievers to go
> fetch. It was all I could do to resist fetching one of the sticks myself. I
> could have used a scratch behind the ears from a cute girl in a bikini.
>
> Photos and more at my blog www.nwkayaking.net.
>
> So .... what did YOU do this weekend?
>
>
> Craig Jungers
> Moses Lake, WA
> www.nwkayaking.net
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