Growing Up Yakima

Growing up our family swam a lot. Both of our kids swam with the Selah Dolphins, and both dreaded the early (8:00 am) summertime practices. Our family swam year round at the YMCA swimteam, including 6...

8 Jul 20258min

The eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980 is a vivid memory that will stay with me forever. We could see the mountain from our home and the plume of ash quickly rising and enveloping the valley a...

8 Jul 20258min

My mother is one of 18 Gamache family kids growing up on a hop and apple farm east of Yakima in Moxee. Growing up a Gamache meant the we learned how to do just about anything. From yardwork, to sewing...

8 Jul 20258min

We have all done it. Woke up early to catch the 5:00 am flight out of Yakima. It's dark and cold and hard to get going so earlyin the morning. I was rewarded for my effort as we took off at dawn. The ...

8 Jul 20258min

As kids we explored so many of the unique areas our state has to offer. From camping on the sand dunes at Potholes Reservoir, water skiing on chilly Hood Canal, to Skiing at White Pass, our summer and...

8 Jul 202515min

My son is now a middle schooler at Marquette, the same middle school I attended, and the school my father attended high school. It's been great to recall the years I spent playing, studying and gettin...

24 Mar 202513min

In this episode I introduce my freind Chris who grew up in Los Angeles, California. While he may not have earned money shoveling snow from neighbors driveways like we did, he always hustled to find a ...

24 Mar 202517min

Family time in the 70's and 80's was different than it is now. TV was great! M*A*S*H* and Happy Days, Gilligan's Island and so many others, inspiring laughter and serious conversation. Family night wa...

3 Mar 202515min