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i go today is finally the day guys it's gonna be a hot one in washington and go float finally
yeah guys we're finally gonna go float a river gotta go over a couple counties
to one of my favorite spots to it's not gonna be a long float i'll show you what we're gonna do
when we get there i invited a bunch of friends yesterday and most of them have canceled i think
andrew and jada are still coming with their new kid uh so we're still gonna
it's not gonna be me alone but uh it's not usually when people say oh we gotta go float
the river it's because it's unbearably hot uh here it's more like we've been waiting and
waiting away it's like okay it's kind of warm enough to go float a high of 85 expected today
yes today is the day and then tomorrow it's going to go back down to 69. let's go do it all right
so we're in tumwater not quite as bad as olympia and lacy not quite as anti-rv but uh pioneer park
it's my jam and this park is open dusk till dawn you can't camp we're here just after the
park opens at 9 00 a.m oh yeah this is why you get here early if you can wait wait wait till
later cause this is the first hot day around here everyone is going to flock to this park
to tube the the squally or deschutes river i can't make which one it is anyway as you can see i've
got my trailer with black betty my harley behind the rv today trying something a little different
pretty easy to make that swap so i've got five inner tubes and like i said unfortunately a few
friends have already said that they're not gonna be able to make it today also well i'm not gonna
have a difficulty there's sun everywhere but i need to get some solar because i'm gonna have
the rooftop ac powered by solar all day for the kitties keeping them nice and cool but i can
i can come in and out as i please and check on them the river's down here as long as we have
one extra friend to stay behind we can actually set up camp right on the river and kind of have
our little base camp with a cooler with some food and soda and then i'll come check in on
the kitties but first things first we've got to inflate some tubes it's that time
all right well we got a little spot here under the shade there's uh four of us here so uh
we're getting ready to go on our first float as it uh warms up here there's a trail right after
my rv that will take you to this spot a lot of people will just get in here and float we're
gonna go do it right now it's about a 20-minute float till the end of the park on the other side
and then you can walk along the grass about 10-15 minutes walk back and then jump right
back in and do it again this is not going to be that big float from here to tim water falls
but we're gonna test this out today gotta start somewhere it is cold i really hope it warms up
it will happy summer everybody finally boy have i earned this sunny summer day and nate's gonna join
us for the first float too and ghost with his uh life jacket over there right on i don't think he's
like pulling you to shore like nope not today yeah it's only 74 degrees right now like i said high at
84. it's gonna feel good later this afternoon and right now we're like the only people on the river
it'll change it's early got a good spot up there on the beach though you know this is a pretty lazy
river float this year water's not uh moving too fast and all of a sudden i'm hot baking in the
sun up there i have to find a spot up here to dunk down river why is it just warm in my tube
i don't pee in rivers well we've got some rapids coming up on the
other side here i'm probably gonna have to use both hands to get around here
to maneuver i'm gonna this is the benefit of being second in line as i can see his path
and see which way he goes through here looks like it's gonna push us towards the edge yeah
yeah i need both hands i'm gonna do what he's doing got through almost didn't get through
that was it we survived the first float didn't lose any electronics or gopros or anything i do
have my floating hand stick on here but uh yeah that was the funnest part here was right at the
end and then uh this little opening here usually this is just packed with people it's like 11 a.m
so it's gonna take some time but all right finally floated in 2022. i made up to my waist so far
getting there slower getting in there we go i'm in almost up to my neck here get out of the way
because there's some floaters coming it does kind of suck you to the edge though you got to remember
around the edge you're going to paddle this way to get around yeah not a bad little float but
before we go walk this trail and go soak one more time it's funny i put my sunscreen on when i was
still wearing my sleeveless shirt so sunscreen's only up to here i have no sunscreen here eric
and i trust these rivers because i know exactly what kind of snakes are in here
go other places i don't know what kind of snakes are in those other rivers
good day guys good day just sharing it with you this is the trailback it's nice it's mostly shaded
nice easy walk back i just hang my tube on my head so that my hands are free easy then in august
this trail this all these black berries will be in bloom it looks green right there you
just pick blackberries and and eat them as you're walking back and just like that
we're back to the starting point and grab snack here i just found out the reason why
nate didn't join us there is uh ghost undid the valve on his tube and uh flattened it over there
so i mean good good thing that happened ahead of time not halfway down the river
see what we got in here for uh snacks in here yeah i brought some cold chicken now you know what it
that's your works
we just got back from our second float this time i didn't bring a camera or anything
but i'm gonna go check in on the kitties i know they've got air conditioning and
everything in there but i want to go make sure batteries are keeping up and
everything's good in there short walk oh wow it's still not very full here i thought this place
would have filled up that whole lot is usually full on a sunny day yeah as we approach the rv
i can hear the air conditioner still go on the top so that's good i also close the front shade just
so people aren't peeking into my rv you know see if opie wants to go for a tube ride opie
hey buddy staying cool you want to go jump in the river on the floaty tubie yeah where's tick tear
i was looking all over for you you monster you know it's cooler down here because heat rises
well i guess i guess the vents are just blowing everywhere huh it feels nice in here with ac
batteries are keeping up too i'm at 92 percent here at 1 p.m so we should be fine i mean as long
as i run it and then i drive a little bit i'm going to be driving back to the coast tonight
so that'll recharge some of the batteries but um yeah everything seems good in here
so that's good i'm bringing the other a little inflatable with the cooler here that's funny
because everybody's got their little portable speakers and uh the river's filling up down here
a beautiful day to be on the river oh but watch out because there are
gators even in washington state gotta watch out for the gators soak the hat
oh yeah oh yeah all right now the beach is filling up nice day to get out on the water
it's weird because you're up on the tube it's you're not cool at all you're just baking so
constantly uh splashing water on yourself
feels good to finally get in the water it's our last float of the day at least my last float
how'd you guys do without me yeah i didn't force you this time but one day you are gonna float
because you look like a floater tara i wouldn't do it to you i wouldn't even try it don't worry relax
i'm not gonna make you go float uh you guys stay cool all right all right well we're done floating
the river guys we got we got sherpa here come here puppy come here do you want to be on camera ah
got met some puppy friends here had a great time tubing out there and i'm sure i will be
back right now i am out in rainier washington talking about a possible potential future for
black betty which more to come on that later i've got a beautiful spot to camp out here no rain lots
of sunshine lots of solar i'll get back to you guys tonight aren't you so glad daddy spoils you
gives you extra num nums extra num nums and i don't even take you on the floats
didn't even force you in the rivers but opie one day you're gonna go float with me okay
i know tara won't do it hers won't but opie you're gonna float one day this summer
just letting you know all right man you guys enjoy lots going on today and
black betty has a future tune in tomorrow i'll give you more details all right
you