Kaslo Jazz and Blues Festival

Well this is a much-needed change from the endless hikes we'd done in the past couple weeks. With Deano gone we were keen to grab Mitch's yellow camper van and head off on our own road trip through the Rockies. First stop Kaslo!

Gilles and Alex had invited us to join a small crew that had tickets to the weekend Jazz fest that was on. Having not realised that Kaslo was 3.5 hours the opposite direction to where I had expected, I bought tickets to the Friday night. Our original plan was to grab the van and head to Jasper but it had been hit by a severe wildfire and been evacuated and was closed off for all residence and tourists. So the opposite direction wasn't that much of an issue any more.

After the chaos of the past fortnight, between the wedding, the family gatherings and the hikes, the Jazz fest turned out to be everything we needed. Set in a small bay of the lake, the festival was walking distance into the cool arty village of Kaslo and had an awesome chill vibe going on. We arrived to Gillies and Alexs plot to park the van in its spot for the weekend and spent the rest of the weekend hanging out with the crew between the festival and floating around in the lake behind the stage. A well welcome break for the legs and the soul!Read more