When I was in high school and college, I went to the Gila River (just a mile from my childhood home) quite often. We would have cookouts, swim, or go tubing and it was a lot of fun. It has been many years since I had been to the river so we decided to take the boys for an outing to the river. Pa and Ashlee came along and Nona stayed home and watched Zany while she napped. Sometimes the Gila dries up in the summer but right now it was lovely and cool; about knee high on a adult.
Declan, Quinton, Archy, Eddy, and Coy test out the water.
Pa (sneak attack) splashes McCoy.
McCoy gets some payback.
Pa tries out a new mustache style.
What does the moss smell like? Pa says it smells like doodoo.
Declan, the dare devil, jumps off the embankment. Right above Declan you can see baby willows that have been cut off at an angle. Those were cut by a beaver who had a home in the embankment. We didn't see him but Pa was fascinated by the beaver and his habits.
McCoy and Archy look on admiringly as Declan jumps in (splash at bottom).
They found a nice muddy spot to play in.
McCoy shows his muddy muscles.
Archy said on the way home he didn't like river swimming and next time wants to go to a real pool. Everyone else had a real enjoyable time and the weather was lovely!
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