Livingston, Montana

We drove Highway 89 to the south end of the Paradise Valley.

Our goal was to view the portion of the Yellowstone River where Richie, our son, spent one glorious summer rafting with his friends after summer school. Here’s a picture of the rapids today.

Class got out at noon, and Richie and his friends drove about 60 miles to Yankee Jim Canyon just above Gardiner, Montana.

They ‘floated’ the river in inner tubes focusing on ‘the legendary wave rapids of Yankee Jim Canyon.’

I’m not sure one ‘floats’ on Class III rapids. I think it’s more of a wild ride especially in an inner tube…

They didn’t start floating the Yellowstone until after July 4th because it was ‘too dangerous.’

So here’s a picture from a rafting company advertising a guided rafting trip on the Yellowstone…

I am so glad I didn’t know how wild and untamed the Yellowstone can be in Yankee Jim Canyon while Richie and his friends were rafting it twice a day most of the summer.

Ignorance was bliss.