Gardiner Davis in Crosscut brings a gripping story of a trip to the Methow River, about how it’s important not to underestimate Mother Nature, and how quickly a bad situation can turn worse.

I realized that I was involved with forces I had never experienced before. My waterlogged clothes were like a sail in the water. There was no way either I or the dog — aged, beloved, sodden, and dragged down with soaked hair — were going to have any control over the forces acting on us. It wasn’t personal. It was just nature doing its thing. We could die.

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