Notes from the Road: Northwest Canada Quest 2024

Today’s blog post takes you behind the scenes of this summer’s Northwest Canada Quest.

In early July 2024, Tawonga’s Northwest Canada Quest returned from their travels. This epic quest includes three weeks of camping, hiking, swimming, sea kayaking, river rafting and more. Enjoy highlights and photos below! Header photo by Zoe Greenwald

Quest Leaders

Zoe Greenwald, Camila Grossman & Cal Segeal

Questers

9 Questers – rising 9th & 10th graders

Quest Itinerary

• Meet at Oakland Airport and fly to Seattle, WA
• 3-night backpacking trip in Olympic National Park along the coast
• Shabbat in the Washington wilderness
• Ferry to Orcas Island for sea kayaking in the San Juan Islands
• Cross the border into Canada for rock climbing in Squamish, British Columbia
• Return to US to start heading south; explore Mount St. Helens
• Explore Crater Lake in Oregon and rock jump into its chilly waters
• Whitewater rafting on the Umpqua River surrounded by large Douglas fir forests

Quest Highlights

• Two questers practiced and led freilach on the first Friday night Shabbat on Quest
• The group came together and bonded during the backpacking trip and on a downtime day at the beach
• One quester had never cooked before this trip and afterwards couldn’t wait to go home and share meals with their family

Quester Quote

• “I was worried that it wasn’t going to feel like Tawonga, but by the end it felt more like Tawonga than being at Camp!”

Quest Leader Inspiration

Quest leaders Camila, Cal and Zoe share that their favorite part of Quest was facilitating growth and independence in the outdoors amongst the campers.

Learn more about Tawonga’s Adventure Quests here.