Early
Saturday morning we loaded our gear bags, dogs and mugs full of coffee into the
car and headed off to the Sauk river for some volunteering and rafting.
Before we left Bellingham we had to fuel up with delicious breakfast sandwiches.
"You all headed up to the mountain?" Inquired the cook.
"Nope off to the river!" We exclaimed with grins hanging from our
sleepy faces and off we went.
Pulling
into Whitechuck boat ramp the clouds started to lift and the rain kept to a
quite drizzle. We went right to
work shoveling and racking out clogged drainage systems. Dogs at our heals eager to help out
where needed and greet new visitors to the area. We filled bags of trash,
trimmed overgrowth that had flowed into parking spaces, racked leaves, and
devoured a delicious bowl of hot chowder and corn bread. Spirits high from our hard work and
bellies full from a warm meal we knew there was only one thing left to get
done, go rafting!
Dedicating
the day to new friends and new adventures, we decided to float a new section of
the river to keep with flow. At the 530 bridge we launched our boat and boom! Right
away we saw two giant Salmon dancing across the water. Breathing in the cool crisp air we
couldn’t have been a happier group of boaters. Especially being that we were able to take two people on
their first ever river rafting trip. Throughout the float I found myself trying
to keep track of how many bald eagles we encountered but I lost track after 13
or so. I never felt any less amazed as they continued gracing us with their
enormous wingspan and intelligent gaze. The color of the water against fall colors
and painted snow capped mountains made the extra layers we were wearing well
worth the gorgeous float. Best of
all, I didn’t even get my feet wet.
Catch you on our next adventure!
-Kristi
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