Today we were lucky enough to spend some time visiting with an old friend of Bradley’s named Gary.  If you know Bradley well, it is likely that you have heard one of his Gary stories.  Gary was Bradley’s best friend growing up and kind of his protector too.  To me, Gary is legend, a superhero, so it was pretty fun to sit on his patio and listen to the tales pile up as he and Bradley took turns.

Gary lives just outside of Gold Bar, where the Skykomish River crashes down the mountain, full of ice-cold glacial water.  So, of course, we promised Lady Guinevere and Sir Jude the Brave that we would give them the opportunity to splash around a bit in the river.  We brought our bathing suits too, but the water was plenty cold on my toes.  I was good.


One of our little darlings spent their time throwing sticks (right at Gigi’s head), then throwing rocks (at Gigi’s and Martha’s heads), and then getting covered with sand.  Can you guess who that was???  The other little darling spent her time building a sand castle.  Daddy was on river rapid current child removal watch, while I spent my time behind the camera.

We didn’t stay long (we didn’t know we needed the State Park Pass to play), so about an hour after we arrived, we found ourselves back in the car, nicely coated with sand.  Wet, cool and happy, we were satisfied Littlejohns as we left the beach.  We will return, soon, armed with a park pass next time!


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