a day at the creek

We know how to beat the heat, head for Cow Creek!

Beth and Emily were here for a few days on their way home from California.

The tubes make for great fun just lazying in the river. When we felt ambitious, we walk, swim the tubes up to the small rapids and let the current swish us through.


The creek looks shallow but over our heads where Beth and Em are, though you can still see the rocky bottom it is so clear.

It is called Cow Creek for the Cow Creek band of Native Americans who lived here. The first week-end William and I lived in the house we bought in Myrtle Creek, we would not move for several months but we had just gotten the key. The first day we drove off to find Stanton Park, a place we had visited several times in the years driving from Port Townsend to California. It is what we thought an awesome spot for tubing. We were trying to drive there and took a back road so as not to go on I-5. We got lost, and ended up going past Riddle and up the Cow Creek road. We knew this was not right and we turned around. A mile or so later we saw an huge swimming hole, as the road was along a creek. We pulled in and found the best creek swimming I have ever seen. There is the huge swimming hole that is very popular and the one we first saw from the road, but there is also a place further down that has it's own parking spot and a private beach. If your car is there it is the unspoken rule that you get that beach. It is sandy and a safe entrance and you can go up a ways from there. Not up as far as the big swimming hole as that is up some rapids and a small waterfall from there. It was so amazing that we "found" is our first day getting lost trying to get to a place that was not nearly as wonderful!

Emily tried lots of ways to ride the tubes. She had a great time with them.And when your tired, they make a great pillow.