Call it river rafting 101.
A three-to four-hour trip down 13 miles of the Yakima River is perfect for first-time rafters who white-knuckle at the mention of whitewater.
"It's a Class 1 ride,'' Ninon Rill, owner of Rill Adventures Raft Rentals in Thorp, says soothingly as she checks in two boatloads of clients.
When Rill learns the camera-laden P-I photographer will be shooting during the trip, and that the reporter doesn't know paddle from spatula, she suggests a guide.
By Susan Phinney | August 10, 2000
I'd like to tell you that the view of Mount Constance from Fifty-Fifty Pass is the best view of that peak I've ever seen, but I'd be lying. What we actually saw from Fifty-Fifty Pass, on the eastern slopes of the Olympic Mountains, was wildflowers sparkling with raindrops . . . and a bowl of clouds.
We hung around for a while but, alas, the sun never came out.
By Karen Sykes | August 10, 2000
