Richland WA

After a long paddle yesterday (which, thankfully, I only did the first bit) we stopped in Richland. We'll be here for Canada Day and we're throwing a party, complete with Canadian songs and fireworks!!! It's going to be fun! So Happy Canada Day to all those following the blog!!

Andrea

Vantage, Washington

Some days 30 km is a nice days paddle. Today was one of those days. Yesterday was not! We paddled 67 km yesterday to arrive in Vantage. The last stretch (30 km) following a partial crew change was a challenge. Extreamly windy conditions left us exhausted. It was not all bad news. The canyon we were travelling through was very scenic.

Wenatchee WA

Here we are, spending a well-earned day off in Wenatchee. We came into the town yesterday and were welcomed by a huge amount of people, followed by speeches and a BBQ supper (which was delicious). Afterwards, there was dancing, led by No Way Corvee (of course), and music supplied by our bag pipers and a band called "All Strings Considered".

Dave left us today and we miss him already. However, we do welcome Jim Archer into team Boona. Boona's team is small, but we get by well enough. A great big shout out to all those members from other teams that helped us out when we needed a couple extra paddlers!!!!

Also another shout out to Tonya's Mom: Your baby was on the front page of the Wenatchee paper!!!

Andrea

Pateros WA

So we haven't had the chance to update for the last little while due to lack of internet. Especially in the last couple days. Turns out there's not a ton of wifi in obscure campgrounds and farmer's feilds. However, now we're in Pateros, which is a cute little town of around 600. For a small town, they have wonderful reception and facilities. We got the honor of attending the opening of their museum, which even had a corner on David Thompson and his journey on the Columbia!

-Andrea

Kettle Falls

So we've been staying at Kettle Falls for a couple days. It's nice to stay in one place and rest for a little while, isn't it. Today we'll be racing against each other and some teams from Kettle Falls. Some of the these teams have real birch bark voyageur canoes! That would be so neat to paddle.
 Dave Watts joined us yesterday and Ray, Dennis, Nan, and Oleg have to go back home. So we'll bid them farewell and welcome Dave with open arms.

-Andrea

Doug Linton relaxing

Doug Linton relaxing.

Brook at Fort Steele June 6