The count down to summer has begun. My boys are diligently marking the days on the calendar, counting them down until they have the freedom summer will bring them. (Or so they think. 😉 ) Summer is drawing near and I find my self trying to plan activities to keep us busy and out of the house. Having made no real official summer vacation plans I’ve started to look for local activities to fill some of our summer break.

Soccer season has caused us to travel around the community. As we have been out and about lately I keep hearing and seeing advertisements for a variety of community events that we can explore and use to fill our lazy summer days. All of these flyers and posters prompted me to check out my local community calendar online. To my surprise almost every day was dotted with several community events. Seeing the event line up on our local community calendar encouraged me to check into further details. Each day on the community calendar is filled with a variety of events to participate in and even better, many of them are free.

It really is amazing the various free events in the community that are available to anyone that wants to participate. All summer long and almost everyday I can see events that would be entertaining and fun to participate in. Photography workshops with instructions on how to photograph wild flowers, canoeing in the wetlands, college sporting events, open mic night at the local art house and a variety musical performances are just a few of the activities that are scheduled in our community.

With the wide variety of events from the gardeners market to the opera house there is something for everyone in the community on the community calendar. So if your wondering what to do this summer, check your local community calendar. It’s best to start planning early, many events require registration even if they are free.