Holiday Lights Kayak parade is back!! SUPS ok too!

Dust off your Kayak or SUP, add some holiday lights and join the Parade! We will gather on the lawn next Tumalo Creek Kayak and Canoe shop to decorate up the boats. The Fleet will launch around 4pm. Costumes STRONGLY encouraged!

FROM: https://tumalocreek.com/

| Mark your calendars for December 13th and join us again this year for one of Bend's most anticipated holiday events—the [Tumalo Creek Holiday Lights Paddle Parade]

🎄 Here’s how it works: Paddlers dress up in costume and decorate their kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddleboards with colorful, battery-operated lights and holiday gear. From there, shortly before sunset, the parade kicks off from the Tumalo Creek shop on the Deschutes River before heading through the Old Mill District in Bend.

🚣🏾‍♂️ Avid paddlers are encouraged to join, and spectators can watch from paved paths along the Deschutes River and from the Old Mill District Flag Bridge, which crosses the winding waterway.

See you out there!

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Paddlers: Meet at Tumalo Creek from 3:30 to 4 p.m. to decorate. Please bring whatever decorations you want. We recommend small battery operated lights, inflatable characters, and COSTUMES! Please be sure to secure all of your decorations to prevent losing anything in the river. Tinsel, and other small decorations can be very hard to secure and easily fall off. So come with a plan!

We’ll begin launching at around 4pm (dusk) from the dock behind the shop and paddle upstream toward the Old Mill District Flag Bridge.
Dress warmly to ensure you can paddle until dark as the lights get even cooler after the sun sets.

Spectators: Boats will be making their way through the Old Mill District between 4:15 and 5:30pm. Please bring your phones and snap away. Be sure to tag @tumalocreek on Instagram. We will be using these posts to share on our storyboard so spectators who could not join don't miss out on the fun.