On July 5th – Jared and I went along with PM on a tubing run down Pine Creek. She had wanted to check it out for a RAY activity but wanted to do a test run first. It’s a good thing we did. The creek isn’t too high in July – not too high at all.

We parked PM’s car at Tiadaghton and then took Chuck to Ansonia and parked her there. I had put my car keys in PM’s car so that we didn’t have to carry anything on the creek – the short trip it would take. We left at 4 and figured maybe it would be 7 when we got to Tiadaghton – according to Google – Ansonia and Tiadaghton are 9 miles apart.  I got the GIANT tube while PM and Jared got tubes that were a titch too small – and we started our journey down the creek. We thought that the water would be moving much faster and swifter than it was – PM eventually just started to lug our behinds down the river. I could have kicked myself for not buying an underwater camera to take with us. She got in the giant tube and pushed while I sat on the back and held onto Jared with our deflated raft pulling us along. WHAT A SIGHT. Jared lost both his sandals in knee deep muck but we decided that we would probably have to walk a bit down the road so he might need them – he found them after a disgusting search. God bless PM for lugging us down the creek. We got out at 7 and figured we might need to hike it a while. After two miles – we think – we saw a sign that said Tiadaghton 4 MILES – OH NO – FOUR MILES !?!?! – we watched a park ranger drive by and hoped he would stop with no luck – so we kept going – but GOOD NEWS – the ranger came back and asked us what we needed – we asked how far to Tiadaghton – he said GET IN – the 4 miles marker was right – THANK YOU GOD – for sending that park ranger. We were exhausted – PM more so – since she did most – wait – ALL – of the dragging.

Before the adventure began – ALL SMILES.

After the adventure ended – PM went home and crashed.

It was a FUN trip and the best part – we are all still friends.