We decided to attend the Cumberland Victoria Day celebration, which began with a spirited small-town parade. I love the fierce attitude in the gestures of these warrior dancers. Notice the pink crocs covering one girl's dancing shoes.
There were vintage vehicles, geriatric clowns, shriners on mini-bikes, doulas, environmentalists, boy scouts, and the men who were raising awareness about PSA tests for prostate cancer, sporting giant pointing gloves singing along to the BeeGee's hit "Stayin' Alive."
This is a pack goat, as opposed to a pack horse. I found her when I was seeking hot chocolate from the Darkside Chocolates shop on Main street. They used to sell their excellent chocolates at the Comox Valley Farmer's market and now they have set up a storefront in Cumberland. Sadly, the Great Escape Restaurant we loved is closed and for sale. There is a new coffee shop opened up called The Wandering Moose, which has nice big comfy chairs and seems quite popular.
After the parade we went to the park to get something to eat. Of course the lineups to the hamburgers, hot dogs and mini donuts were very long, but their was no wait for a veggie sandwich and kale chips at our friends' smoothie wagon. Those kale chips were so addictive. You can't eat just one. They are smothered in tahini and dried in a dehydrator. You can't eat just one. In the middle of the May pole dances it started to pour. Those brave girls in their strappy sundresses shivered and bravely marched through their paces while their parents clapped enthusiastically. Mom took shelter in the smoothie wagon and then we made a beeline for the car and headed back to a warm fire in the cabin.
We decided to attend the Cumberland Victoria Day celebration, which began with a spirited small-town parade. I love the fierce attitude in the gestures of these warrior dancers. Notice the pink crocs covering one girl's dancing shoes.
There were vintage vehicles, geriatric clowns, shriners on mini-bikes, doulas, environmentalists, boy scouts, and the men who were raising awareness about PSA tests for prostate cancer, sporting giant pointing gloves singing along to the BeeGee's hit "Stayin' Alive."
This is a pack goat, as opposed to a pack horse. I found her when I was seeking hot chocolate from the Darkside Chocolates shop on Main street. They used to sell their excellent chocolates at the Comox Valley Farmer's market and now they have set up a storefront in Cumberland. Sadly, the Great Escape Restaurant we loved is closed and for sale. There is a new coffee shop opened up called The Wandering Moose, which has nice big comfy chairs and seems quite popular.
After the parade we went to the park to get something to eat. Of course the lineups to the hamburgers, hot dogs and mini donuts were very long, but their was no wait for a veggie sandwich and kale chips at our friends' smoothie wagon. Those kale chips were so addictive. You can't eat just one. They are smothered in tahini and dried in a dehydrator. You can't eat just one. In the middle of the May pole dances it started to pour. Those brave girls in their strappy sundresses shivered and bravely marched through their paces while their parents clapped enthusiastically. Mom took shelter in the smoothie wagon and then we made a beeline for the car and headed back to a warm fire in the cabin.
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