March 20^th 9 am Ceremony to brush off the canoes followed by practice (RV Park)

March 28^th Skippers Meeting at Suquamish – departure time TBD call Leslie if interested in attending

April 10^th assemble at 12:45 in regalia for 1 pm performance at Health Fair (RV Park)

April 17^th 9 am practice (RV Park)

May 22^nd Penn Cove Water Festival 9 am at RV Park to Coupeville, all day, return by about 6 or 7 pm (this will be monthly weekend practice for paddlers and first fund raiser, need ground crew to help transport materials and staff our tee shirt booth from 10 to 5)

May 28^th to 30^th – Pre-Journey Site visit to Neah Bay for interested ground crew and paddlers

June 19^th Salish Sea Day at Bowman Bay (Fund raiser – paddlers offer rides to the public, ground crew helps to staff our tee shirt booth & cater a meal for public – plan to buy your meal ticket; artists demonstrate weaving, carving, etc; share open Journey songs &  dances with visitors) Meet at RV Park by 10 am – return by 5 pm

June 26^th 9 am practice RV Park (and as an optional activity later on during Cultural Day)

June 27^th 8 am practice RV Park before General Council Meeting

July 4th– RV Park Fireworks time Indian Taco sales and canoe rides fund raiser – contact Leslie for details.  2 pm to 10:30 pm

July  7^th Lummi Landing for Canoe Journey & Skippers Meeting – time approximate afternoon/evening

July 8^th Samish Landing for Canoe Journey – time approximate mid afternoon arrival (need lots of volunteers with on and off site food preparation, delivery, food line setup, serving and clean up afterwards)

Samish Tribal Journey Hosting will be at Bayview State Park on July 8^th – serving dinner and offering overnight camping for canoe families, and breakfast served to paddlers and ground crews on the 9th. 

Historical note:  Bay View State Park was the home of Pat-Teh-Us, a Noo-Wha-Ah Indian chief and signer of the Point Elliot Treaty on behalf of Samish.

July 8^th, our landing at Bayview

Directions From I-5 north or south:

10905 Bay View - Edison Road Mount Vernon, WA, 98273
Take exit #230. Follow Hwy. 20 seven miles west to Bay View-Edison Rd. Signs will alert you to a right turn. Turn right onto Bay View-Edison Rd. Park is four miles north of Hwy. 20.

July 9^th Breakfast served to Guests and Departure for Swinomish Landing (need lots of volunteers with offsite food prep, delivery, food line setup and clean up

July 19^th final Landing at Makah - Neah Bay – Camping, Celebration & Potlatch through 24 or 25^th

July 10 to 18:  PENN COVE travel and landing dates for Coupeville, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, Suquamish, Port Gamble, Port Townsend, Jamestown, & Elwha, Clallam Bay?  – there may a day of rest somewhere to be determined at a future Skippers meeting

 July 11, Tulalip

July 12 Suquamish

July 13^th Port Gamble

July 14 Port Townsend

July 15^th Jamestown

July 16^th & 17^th Elwha

July 18^th Pillar Point

July 19^th Neah Bay (final landing about 4 pm)

Protocols and potlatch through July 24^th

CANOE RACE SCHEDULE FOR 2010

Start Time:	Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 3:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 6:00pm
Location:	VANCOUVER ISLAND/MAINLAND/STATES

MAY 1 -2 OPEN WEEKEND
MAY 8 - 9 NOOKSACK
MAY 15 - 16 CHILLIWACK LANDING
MAY 22 - 23 PENN COVE - COUPEVILLE
MAY 29 - 30 SEABIRD

JUNE 5 - 6 CULTUS LAKE
JUNE 11 - 12 COWICHAN TRIBES

JUNE 19 - 20 LUMMI
JUNE 26 - 27 EAST SAANICH

JULY 3 - 4 AMBLESIDE
JULY 10 - 11 BURRARD
JULY 17 -18 NANAIMO
JULY 24 -25 WEST SAANICH
JULY 31 - AUGUST 1 MALAHAT

AUGUST 7 - 8 NANAOOSE

AUGUST 14 - 15 LA CONNER
AUGUST 21 - 22 SUQUAMISH
AUGUST 28 - 29 MAKAH DAYS