Well, what a great time we had this weekend at this year's Palmer Fest. How about the amazing weather and no bugs? Wow!

Thanks to the 330 participants, 30 vendors, 50 instructors and to my Rapid Media staff and our host, Paddler Co-op.

Many of you asked how you can connect with the new friends, paddlers, vendors and instructors you met this weekend. And how you can share the memories created, skills learned and good times shared. We've created some places for you to do just that:

• Read our By the Number post-event blog to find out the number of new paddlers, kegs drank, and money raised for Paddler Co-op's kids kayak camp;
• Check out event photos or create a gallery and share your own photos;
• Stay connected on the Rapid Forum;
• Join the Rapid Community and the Palmer Fest group;

Look also for an upcoming Rapid Media TV episode filmed during Palmer Fest.

Tell us your Palmer Fest stories. What did you think of this year's event? We'll use our favourite comments and photos of the event in the next print issue of Rapid magazine, released August 1st.