BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Paddlefest BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71982021-08-28 DTSTART:20210828T130000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210828T190000Z LOCATION:25039 Coastal Highway\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=25039 Coastal Highway\nReho both Beach Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=25039 Coastal Highway: geo:38.634039,-75.066955 GEO:38.634039;-75.066955 SUMMARY:Paddlefest CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Paddlefest is a 4-mile paddling course through the salt marsh c reeks\nof Rehoboth Bay. Participants will launch at Savages Ditch\, learn\ nabout the park's natural and cultural resources along the way\, and\nfini sh at Tower Rd bayside. Food trucks will be waiting at the finish\nline fo r hungry paddlers\, and a shuttle service will be available to\nbring padd lers back to their cars. $10 event registration fee does not\ninclude kaya k or canoe rental. \n\nWHAT IS PADDLEFEST?\n\nDelaware Seashore State Par k's Paddlefest began in 2017\, planned as a\nspecial one-time event\, to c elebrate the 50th anniversary of the state\npark. That first year was SO. MUCH. FUN. \n\n​\n\nPark staff and paddlefest participants knew Paddlef est needed to be an\nannual event. In 2019\, the growing popularity of the event led to the\ninaugural Paddlefest After-Party\, complete with food\, beverages\, live\nmusic\, and a variety of exhibitors and vendors. Genero us sponsors made\nthis party possible and also provided t-shirts and goody bags for all\nparticipants!\n\nWHAT'S NEW IN 2021?\n\nYou asked\, we list ened\, and started making plans back in September\n2019.  COVID-19 howeve r\, brought those plans to a screeching halt.\nDue to the uncertainty of w hat life would look like in August 2021\,\nand the extensive planning that Paddlefest requires\, we've decided to\ndowngrade the Paddlefest After-Pa rty to just a few food trucks and a\nfew exhibitors.  But what matters mo st is that we can still paddle\ntogether and there are still improvements to look forward to:\n\n *\nNew educational stops along the course (and if the tides allow\, the\ncourse route could be new!)\n\n *\nA digital course map\, available on any smart phone\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Paddlefest is a 4-mile paddling course thro ugh the salt marsh creeks of Rehoboth Bay. Participants will launch at Sav ages Ditch\, learn about the park'\;s natural and cultural resources al ong the way\, and finish at Tower Rd bayside. Food trucks will be waiting at the finish line for hungry paddlers\, and a shuttle service will be ava ilable to bring paddlers back to their cars. $10 event registration fee do es not include kayak or canoe rental. \;

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What is Paddlefest ?

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Delaware Seashore State Park'\;s Paddlefest began in 2017\ , planned as a special one-time event\, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the state park. That first year was SO. MUCH. FUN. \;

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Park staff and paddlefest participants knew Paddlefest needed t o be an annual event. In 2019\, the growing popularity of the event led to the inaugural Paddlefest After-Party\, complete with food\, beverages\, l ive music\, and a variety of exhibitors and vendors. Generous sponsors mad e this party possible and also provided t-shirts and goody bags for all pa rticipants!

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What'\;s new in 2021?

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You asked\, we listened\, and started making plans back in September 2019. \; COVID-1 9 however\, brought those plans to a screeching halt. Due to the uncertain ty of what life would look like in August 2021\, and the extensive plannin g that Paddlefest requires\, we'\;ve decided to downgrade the Paddlefes t After-Party to just a few food trucks and a few exhibitors. \; But w hat matters most is that we can still paddle together and there are still improvements to look forward to:

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