Breaking the Law in the Spokane River

I guess this is a confession. Hopefully park rangers won't track me down with a ticket now.

Armed with just enough information to be dangerous, my friend Karla and I headed out on a HOT August day to float down the Spokane River. We arrived at our "put-in" spot to read signs saying no inner tubes. Great-that's what we were floating on. A kind young man told us that he floated a month ago in a black tube. We decided to be brave since he's still alive and give it a shot. Yep, we're rule breakers. I think the more accurate term we came up with is doofusi.(that's the plural for doofus in case you didn't know)

Not to worry, the river was calm-with many turns. Karla kept us paddled in the right direction. I tried to help, but mostly just made us go in circles so I helped by not paddling. Blue Heron, ducks, opsrey and a deer visited during our float. It was actually a beautiful afternoon, but next time we will find some sort of small boat to paddle down the river.