THE AIR was filled with squeals and howls of delight as one group after another embarked on a tube ride.
Many years ago, DREAM Adaptive board member Jerry Mahugh was working as a volunteer at one of the organization’s winter ski events when he wondered if similar events could be held during the summer.
Mahugh’s thought was the genesis for the expansion of the group’s many outdoors activities catering to people with disabilities in Northwest Montana.
Mahugh’s dad and Mike Thompson’s grandfather had been friends for several decades. His parents had a cabin on Echo Lake while Thompson and his wife, Julie, live on the lake located between Creston and Bigfork.
“Jerry called me and said ‘Your place would be perfect to host adaptive events.’ So we decided to do it,” Thompson said Tuesday during DREAM’S 13th annual summer waterfest.
