Floating the Blackfoot River - Johnsrud Park
Every summer we get on one of the many rivers either fly fishing, floating, boating or all of the above. We headed back early from the lake so we could join a group of friends and go “tubing” down the Blackfoot River. Over the years, we rarely ever had photos so I found this the perfect opportunity to use my new waterproof case for my digital camera.
Sadly enough, this is not an uncommon site on a hot day. College students find any means possible to enjoy the recreation around Missoula. 
I had to snap a photo as we got a chuckle seeing these guys cruise down the road heading downtown.
Our caravan of trucks filled with tubes and rafts was a little more P.C. - cruising along the Blackfoot heading towards Johnsrud Park.
Jamie starting off on her first Blackfoot float. We floated the Bitterroot river several times last year but she had never floated the Blackfoot - it was a great day. We had about a dozen strong and the river was filled with hundreds, if not thousands of kyakers, rafters, tubers all day long.
Scenery and friends and great weather make a good combination.
Our crew. Complete with some guys from So-Cal and Nor-Cal (Hyperion) and Seattle (Accenture/Microsoft) oh yeah, and a few locals.
Some rafters staging their own water battle.
Jamie’s raft was voted as the repository for people’s beer cans, unfortunately for her.
Hundreds, if not thousands of people enjoying the water on hot days - a common site.
While our shuttle took us back up to Whittaker Bridge to pick up several vehicles, we commented on how many people were out Sunday. We joked about how there had to be some vehicle accidents with that many people driving on the mountain roads while heading up to the bridge.
An SUV rolled over on the road - noone was hurt.
I continued on as so many people had pulled over. I later found that some of our crew pulled over and helped roll the truck back over towards the ditch to clear the road.
It was a fun day.
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