What is better than helping a community drink for a cause? And not just any beer, but delicious local beer!
Missoula is known for its summer events. The weather warms up and the town comes alive with non-stop festivals, markets and celebrations throughout downtown and down by the river. My favorite festival of the year is Celtic Festival Missoula. My husband starting by attending the first couple of years, just enjoying the music and having a good time. The next year we volunteered to pour beer for a shift, and then, starting last year we took on a bigger role helping to plan and run the festival.
The Celtic Festival Missoula is a great event that celebrates everything Celtic and brings in performers and attendees from all over the globe. It is full of fabulous food, amazing music and great beer. AND - any profit made by the festival is given to local charities and causes, such as the All Abilities Playground!
This year was our most successful yet with impressively large crowds and great shows.
The planning started months ago, and then everything went into action Friday morning. We were there bright and early to help get it all set up
We set up tables and tents, unloaded cases of water, glasses and gear, put up fencing and, of course, tapped the kegs. Highlander Beer is always something to look forward to!
The official kick-off was at 5:30 when Missoula's own Celtic Dragon, a bagpipe ensemble, took the stage
Other performances that night included a repeat favorite, the Gothard Sisters
and a new act for the festival: Enter the Haggis:
We were amazed at the turnout on Friday! The crowds continued throughout the night and never really thinned out until long after the band finished playing! I did have a chance to sip a couple of Highlanders while chowing down on pasties and fish and chips, so it was delicious on top of fun!
Friday was exhausting, but we knew the longest day was yet to come, and we were excited to see what Saturday would bring!
Adventure Life is always an excellent choice when planning complicated, extreme, or exotic vacations or expeditions. They provide friendly professional services and advice and are enthusiastic and encouraging in helping us to prepare and thoroughly enjoy our trip. They handle all the details which greatly reduces the stress of planning a difficult trip. I'm very impressed with Adventure Life and definitely recommend them to friends and family.
Scott Trochim
2 days ago
The response from Adventure Life to my first inquiry was prompt and promising. I worked with Jamie Broeckel, Trip Planner, via text, email, and phone calls- always extremely responsive and thorough with information and explaining the process to arrange a private tour for me to Malaysia Borneo. Within about week, the booking was complete and I made decisions because of Jamie's great customer service , friendly manner, and overall competence on behalf of the company's travel expertise. Now I have an itinerary, additional Trip Planner Assistants, several links for vital information for traveling to Maylasia, etc. Still many details for Sept. trip, but now the heavy lifting is done and I can enjoy the rest of the anticipation and research!! Thanks Jamie- you are amazing!!!!
Susan Campo
4 days ago
The trip was not only memorable for the amount of animals we saw but also for the people and accommodations at the two camps where we stayed. Our first guide, BK, was a wealth of information about the animals, landscape and down to the plants and what they were used for. Everyday out was a learning experience with him. All the people at the camps were gracious and the food was excellent.
Our second camp in the Okavanga was just as good as the first as far as the staff, accommodations, food and animals. After our experience at the first camp we amazed that the high quality remained the same. Our guide, G, made sure we were able to enjoy every experience including a rush through the bush to witness a cheetah and an ensuing hunt that he heard over his radio.
In both camps there were enough guides out that if they saw something the other guides were informed which helped in seeing as much as possible. It was also nice that the concessions were large enough that we did not have vehicles following each other throughout the day.
Normally there is always something in a trip of this length that we think could be improved upon but this is the rare case where we cannot think of anything. From the time we left the States to when we returned it was one of the most hassle free vacations we took.
Perhaps emphasizing the use of the laundry facilities at the camps would be useful because of the luggage restrictions would be the only thing I can think of as an improvement to future clients.
Kenneth Dropek
5 days ago
Mary was so pleasant and professional. She made sure all of our questions were answered.