Water park fun during the Fourth

A new feature for the Festival of America July 4 celebration will be a number of inflatable water slides.

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the event, stated this week that Jump N2 Fun, from Post Falls, Idaho, will bring a number of inflatable water slides for a two-day show, July 3 and 4.

Michael Hunt, who provided some nine inflatables for the Colorama event, said last week that he was looking forward to returning to the coulee area.

The event will be more than pumping up some inflatables, for Hunt and his wife, Julie. "We will also be celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary," he stated. The couple was married on July 4.

The two-day venue will be at the park below the Visitor Center. The inflatables will be operational at 10 a.m. Sunday and run until 8 p.m. On Monday, July 4, the inflatable splash program will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Hunt is bringing a number of inflatable water slides, one with a splash pool, a 4-way teeter totter under a sprayer, and lots more designed to cool off the crowd.

Advance ticket sales for the inflatable water slides go on sale this week at the Trading Post near Nespelem, H&H Grocery, Star Newspaper, Chamber of Commerce office, Coulee Hardware and the Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union.

Advance tickets are $30, and are good for an entire day of water fun. A rate of $5 for 25 minutes will be available at the gate.