Vancouver, WA

I try to take my daughter out on an adventure each weekend, so she has something to do and it let’s my husband get some sleep every night. Firstenburg Center is a fun place to go to..  Did you know that besides the classes for swimming, basketball, tumbling, arts and crafts, that they have these cool events.  Well my daughter and I found that out on Saturday September 20th.  From 5:30PM to 7:30PM we attended the Cardboard Boat Regatta. I think this may have been the first year that they did this. 

You can get there by car or even take the bus, the #80 Van Mall goes right by there.  I thought the regatta would be a hoot to go see and best of all it was free.  Others where able to pay $5.00 and 2 cans of food to participate, sorry to say that was out of the budget and we didn’t have the cardboard.  So we decided to be fans and cheer for the people that would attend instead.  My daughter thought it was so cool and there where adults and kids that entered the event. 
                                                   
They have a lazy river there at Firstenbug Center which they used as a course for the fastest boat.  They had awards for the fastest, best Titanic crash, best design and best “paint” job.  Hey can’t really do that much with duct tape… but they made them look great.  Also the group from the Center got into the games, they made a SpongeBob Squarepants Cardboard box that they used to ride through the river..  They didn’t win the race but boy it was funny seeing a whole bunch of people around the pool singing the theme to Sponge Bob Squarepants.  Didn’t realize there would be so many people who knew the song. We had lots of fun even though we didn’t race. 
           
My daughter decided that we will have to do this next year and we plan to dust the rest of the group.  She had her eyes on the prize..  So even if you have gone to the Center you should check it out with the new things that you can do for free or really cheap. If you dare, come check it out next year, my daughter and I will be in the winner’s circle waiting for you.