Water was refreshingly cool. It took a couple of swims to get used to the water temperature while swimming in the sunny, 85 degree weather. Ideal temperature for us would be into mid-90's but today was a good day.
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Showing posts with label east fork lewis river. Show all posts
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Swim Day
Had a great time at the East Fork Lewis River yesterday with my kids. This is one of the most popular swimming hole because of the many ledges and height one can jump into this large pool. This river is a fairly short drive from my house and easy to access to. There are lots of swim holes up and down this river but this one here is the best so far. Last year was at Sunset Falls which is a good place to go and has ample parking provided you get there early enough. But Sunset Falls is much further out to drive to than this swim hole we went to yesterday although parking can be challenge. These pools can be anywhere from 12 to 15 feet deep, plenty deep to jump into from 10 to 20 foot ledges. The kids here in the photo on a ledge is about 20 to 22 feet up. There's a spot to the left of the picture (unseen) where one can jump off from a 25 ledge. If jumping into a deep pool of water isn't your thing you can ride a mini-rapid that flows into another pool downstream if you have an inner tube to ride on.
Water was refreshingly cool. It took a couple of swims to get used to the water temperature while swimming in the sunny, 85 degree weather. Ideal temperature for us would be into mid-90's but today was a good day.
Water was refreshingly cool. It took a couple of swims to get used to the water temperature while swimming in the sunny, 85 degree weather. Ideal temperature for us would be into mid-90's but today was a good day.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
A family outing at Sunset Falls for day of swimming in river
What a refreshing day it was. It got up to 91 degrees and spent about 5 hours swimming and eating at the very popular swimming hole at Sunset Falls in Washington which takes about an hour's drive south from where we live which is well worth the trip and certainly much better than a chlorinated soaked swimming pool. We got there at about 11:00 just so we can get a good parking space. My three hearing kids, deaf wife and a deaf dog, Lucky, spent the day swimming and jumping into a deep pool from 14 feet high. We did, not the dog. She doesn't like the water.
The video shows the larger and main pool of Sunset Falls while above that fall is another smaller one and smaller pool. We hit both of them and did some exploring upstream of the falls as well. At the end of the day we all agree that this will be our newest and favorite swimming hole.
The video above is a guy I video-taped at the same spot where I taped my two daughters jumping into the same pool but from a 14 foot height ... feet first. The guy does a single backflip from 25 to maybe 30 feet high. Don't know who the guy is. He's nuts.
The video shows the larger and main pool of Sunset Falls while above that fall is another smaller one and smaller pool. We hit both of them and did some exploring upstream of the falls as well. At the end of the day we all agree that this will be our newest and favorite swimming hole.
The video above is a guy I video-taped at the same spot where I taped my two daughters jumping into the same pool but from a 14 foot height ... feet first. The guy does a single backflip from 25 to maybe 30 feet high. Don't know who the guy is. He's nuts.
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