Those Francis girls! The youngest is a well known hard partier,
although, like fine wine, she has mellowed a bit with age. Once the
go-to-person for fashion and shopping in Contra Costa County, we now
only see her when she makes the long trek from San Diego. However,
being a long time Tuber, make the trip she does. You’ve heard
stories, now find out the truth about September’s Tuber Of The
Month.
Kim came to Bear River for the first time in 1980 with Jene.
She’s always been a rider, not a trucker. It’s a good thing that her
SPF number is 30 because she has bared the Bear. Her tube size is
“large” and her advice for new tubers is “watch the old timers and
go where they go.”
Her favorite time at The Bear is sitting around the camp fire and
the coolest camp toy that she’s ever seen is the electric shower. In
spite of the fact that her favorite tube drink recipe is vodka and
anything fruity, Kim has never jumped off the Jumping Rock.
Boxers or briefs?....(although her husband wears
briefs)...boxers. Porn star name?....Samantha Doray. Favorite ice
cream?....vanilla. Favorite rock band?....“currently” Train.
Favorite movie?...Oh Brother Where Art Thou.
Kim’s funniest Bear story is about the year that there was a fire
on the other side of the river one ridge over. “Sue Hilbun started
freaking out. She was running around, throwing stuff in trucks. It
didn’t matter who’s stuff it was and who’s truck she put it in. She
was running around like crazy, it was hilarious.”
Her worst moment at Bear was the morning after drinking too many
White Russians. She spent the morning with a massive hangover,
laying on a banana chair in the sun, covered with blankets and
feeling like she was freezing.
That’s our Kim!
Tubers Of The Month 2006
July 2006 Michael Hogendorn
