Historic Hood River
Splash Time
8-1-2014
Notes
I suppose splashing around in the water is an important part of learning to swim. Or maybe it’s just a way to cool off.
Prince Koberg supervises along with another lifeguard. White Salmon and Strawberry Mountain are in the background.
charlott
Yes, that is Prince Koberg, over by the diving platforms. He was a tremendous swimmer and spearheaded all the swimming done there.
Look at that wonderful sand. I think that we are missing a lot, not having this wonderful place to frolic. Lots of very happy faces there…..
Buzz
My guess is he knows what he is doing. Learning to not be afraid of the water is big in learning to swim.
l.e.
Learning to not be afraid of your face splashed with water is the first step. Second step is not being afraid of your head under water. If you can get kids past those two fears, they are on their way to swimming.
Looks like that is what is happening here. First pool is face splashed. Second pool is head under water.
Did all of that beautiful sand blow in or float down?
nels
Teach all those basic skills in the bathtub! Even laying in the water face up and face down and blow bubbles. Safe, familiar, and warm. I second that vote that we are missing a lot to no longer have Koberg Beach and all that
it provided for our community.
Arthur
I feel sorry for the kid in overalls on the beach watching all the other kids splashing about.
Steve r
Humm… No pool signage reading – " No running – Walk! " It looks like a race to me ….. must have been fun …. even if it was’nt coed.
steve s
Koberg beach is still wonderful and has plenty of sand. And it is a hang out for many teenagers in the summer. I stop there myself several times each summer and it is a baleout point for sup riders doing a down winder from Hood River to Rock Creek.
Rawhide
We’re those kids driven out there, or could they ride their bike there back then?
longshot
The sand would have come down the river from the Rockies with the spring freshets and would have been deposited in bars along the river. As the water dropped in the summer the winds would have picked it up and blown it eastward and piled it up against places like Stanley Rock creating Koberg Beach. This late summer sand migration is something that largely disappeared with the damming of the river.
Arlen Sheldrake
speaking of sand…..I have memories of a lot of blowing sand east of The Dalles..
longshot
The Keyser Dunes to the east of the The Dalles just burned over this summer. It will be interesting to watch what happens there over the next few years.
Kenn
Weekends once seemed too short, but now while waiting for another Arthur posts they seem way too long. Thanks Arthur for all you do.
Don Mays
Koberg beach was a great place to cool off during the summer.