Beach Day (Riggins Style)

I love the sandy beaches along the Salmon River, and speaking now with actual beach experience, they are some of the best. We were feeling like summer weather so we loaded up kids and kayaks for a day trip down to the Salmon River Canyon. Russ drove up from Boise to join us. I think his motivation was to surf Gold's but he was up for the adventure with our babes.

The big boys started out with a surf session while the little boys threw rocks in the river. From there we found our own private beach where the big boys jumped off the cliffs and the little boys played in the sand. As sun saturation set in, Russ took off in front of us to begin picking wild cherries. We helped and couldn't stop. It is so hard to leave delicious, ripe fruit hanging for the birds.

While the big boys took "one more" surf, I drove the little boys further up the river for nappy time. When everyone seemed satisfied and hungry we left and drove up and over the steep canyon walls (Sam kept thinking it was a motorcycle trail). We continued through Burgdorf Hotsprings where we stopped for a soak then back to McCall for Burgers at My Father's Place. The big boys and little boys were oh so tired which makes for one happy mama.

Cherry Pie from our mini wild cherries which took FOREVER to pit. Thanks to Grandma Sue for making it happen!


Boy will be boys!