I woke up relatively early today, in my own bed, after having grown accustomed to living three hours ahead on the East Coast. Now that it’s all over, it feels like the trip passed in the blink of an eye, and yet I can’t figure out how we managed to cram so much site-seeing, touring,…
This weekend was my last pageant as a B.C. Ambassador: in seven days I will be passing on my crown and banner to another deserving individual. On Friday, I travelled to Penticton with the newly crowned White Rock youth ambassadors and Miss White Rock 2010/2011, my sister, @ChloeWoodin. My mom chaperoned us, and we met…
Friday morning I drove up to Kelowna with six of the White Rock youth ambassadors, including Miss White Rock and White Rock Friendship Ambassador. For once, we were on time with plenty of time to spare. The pageant was held that evening at the city’s theatre. It was a lovely gala: the visiting royalty were…
I spent this past weekend in the Tournament Capital of Canada, Kamloops B.C. I drove up with some of the White Rock ambassadors and organizer Donna Friday afternoon. We made it just in time for the dinner and dance (no impromptu Graces). It was way too hot to dance, so the evening ended early. Saturday…
My five day adventure has sadly come to an end, but it’s good to be back home. I visited five cities (Osoyoos, Oliver, Peachland, Princeton, Williams Lake), participated in four parades (the one in Oliver is in two weeks), spent at least a full 24 hours driving to get to and from all of the…
Today was the first day of my five day adventure: three pageants, three parades and a whole lot of dinners, socials and driving. I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and left White Rock around 6:30 a.m. to catch what should have been the 7:25 a.m. Greyhound leaving from Langley to Osoyoos. But the bus was late….