Traditions

The whole community and extended family show up to celebrate!

Fourth of July

Image of a truck with a boat behind it on a trailer with red and blue balloons and American flags

Parade

Every year, Samish Island hosts a huge parade where people from miles around come to see it. Homemade floats roll down Blue Heron Road behind the marching band, each themed and stocked with candy and kids.

Fireworks

Don't go home once it turns dark. Both north and south beaches, hold a beautiful firework show! Some people set their own fireworks in their yards or down at the beaches.

Image of yellow Labrador walking in the shallows of Padilla bay

Image of a sailboat on trailer with lots of young children and fourth of July decorations

Image of three young girls in a Fourth-of-July-themed float

Image of man on a John Deer tractor driving with Padilla bay in the background

Tractor Parade

Every summer a row of tractors and their drivers parade around the island, and one of the things that makes it special is that you don't even have to drive anywhere to see it!

Image of a driftwood fort on the Padilla bay shoreline

Driftwood Forts

Holidays aren't the only tradition! There are plenty of nearly daily, playful occurrences, such as driftwood forts. Kids love hiding and spying, so here they are in their natural environment that they created themselves! The beach provides them with an assortment of wood, so the supply is endless.

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