I'm not sure how I've lived in Corvallis for 5 year and never heard of this place until a couple weeks ago... but Cassie mentioned this little swim hole and I had no idea it would be this great until I saw it for myself! I hope there are a few more HOT HOT days like this past week so that we can visit at least once or twice more before cooler weather arrives! Tucked right behind our Parks & Rec building, down a path and around the corner, lies this oasis! Now looks are deceiving... this is really quite shallow. Further out it gets up to waist high but we just stuck to the areas that look like this: The girls really didn't even need to wear their puddle jumpers... it just makes me feel more secure. They never got deeper than their chubby little ankles! (: but boy did they have fun! Holls got nervous if she wasn't holding my hand... but she really had the most fun in the wet gravel - almost like puddle jumping - rather than wading (: Natalee & Shy were pros at ...