Festivals:  2025

Salmon Arm - June 15

Vernon - July 19

Kamloops - August 9

Penticton - September 6 & 7

What a great, fun, exhausting festival we had in Salmon Arm, with perfect conditions - the weather held off, fortunately. We were all disappointed that Dorothea couldn't join us, as she had broken her wrist and was undergoing surgery - we wish her a speedy recovery. One festival done and one to go - Kamloops will be quite different being on the river, in a nice park with ribfest and a car show all going on. Something to look forward to, and to practise for.

On August 9 we attended the Kamloops Festival.  What a great day we had.  This was the first time we had attended this festival since 2019.  We recruited 4 paddlers.  Two were from Prince George, one from Vancouver and one from Kelowna.  The weather was perfect.  The Carnation Ceremony was a time of reflection to remember survivors who beat the disease and to others that had fought a good fight but succumbed to the disease.