Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge X

Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week X

December 13, 2014, Tug Boat Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC

My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. Our challenge is to take a dip in the lake, once a week, until the New Year 2015.

I can’t believe we’ve made it this far! We only have 2 dips left until we complete our challenge! The lake was especially beautiful and looked like the ocean with a band of low lying fog drifting across the horizon as the sun set. The 10th dip was cold, as the water temperature continues to drop each week as we approach January. The sad news is that with global warming, the Okanagan region has been experiencing days as warm as +10 C this past week and the ski hills are not worth the trip.

Tabitha introduces our 10th dip on the video below.

httpv://youtu.be/T3yXnbkJmpY?list=UURbJ6OzAYhYb91or-oMr1uw

I hope you follow along on our quest to raise awareness of the precious Canadian water systems. I’ve included an invitation to the Blue Dot movement, for those who want to contribute by ensuring clean Canadian water now and in the future.

Feel free to check out Week I or Week II or Week III or Week IV or Week V or Week VI or WeekVII or Week VIII or Week IX of our Okanagan Lake Challenge.

We’re Okanagan Lake Dipping for two reasons:

1. Raise awareness of how valuable Canadian water is to us. We want our fellow Canadians to write their government leaders to make sure Canadian waters remain protected from human pollution and greed. 50% of the oxygen we breath comes from the ocean yet only 3% of Canadian Pacific waters are protected. Furthermore, Canadian freshwater lakes are at risk of turning into mine tailing dumping grounds. Every Canadian citizen has a voice. Let the Canadian government hear our voices on issues regarding our water. Our quest requires no money, simply action.

*Start with the mayor of your city. Write a letter to your mayor, ask your municipality to decree all it’s residents the right to clean water and clean air.

2. A personal challenge to keep life edgy and interesting.