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

Team at David Thomson Statue

Heading out to Noxon

We bid Thompson Falls a sad farewell. What a beautiful town!!! Not to mention great people. Staying at Thompson Falls was a great experience. Thankyou for the amazing supper and breakfast!
Our next stop is Noxon. After a day of paddling, we will be stopping there for the night.

-Andrea

Thompson Falls, Montana

Yesterday was full of celebration. The Community of Thompson Falls welcomed Team Boona and the rest of the brigade. Team Boona welcomed Janis, Andrea, Emma, Oleg and Nan. There were many shared stories, laughter and smiles. The new members are eager to get started!

Another picture from Invermere

Jean and Dennis join other voyageurs in Invermere

Day 2 Canal Flats to Wasa

Boona was on the water for just under five hours today. The crew paddled 47 km, so they are averaging 10 km/hour. They packed up camp in Invermere this morning and relocated to Fort Steele where they will stay for the next two nights.

Invermere

May 31 to June 1 saw 9 Boona members arrive: Doug, Jean, Ray, Dennis, John, Tracy, Sam, Christine, and Brooke. We are here! Training lots of us in the bow and stern and learning figure of 8 paddle demonstrations with 9 other boats, then a parade up to the statute of David Thompson and wife, Charlotte Small, filled up June 2. On June 3, at 7:30 a.m. we arrived at the put in, and off we go.

Follow our progress using SPOT!

Brooke is on her way to Invermere trailering Boona. The SPOT Emergency Locater she has with her will let you know where Boona is every ten minutes. Here is the link:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0bP3ktQpUAqxvMEGqQEctKZB3nCjPpdtv

You can follow us all the way to Astoria!