We spent two days at the Rosario Resort on Orcas Island hiking and driving to see the small villages and quaint downtown. The lavender fields are everywhere. I never knew there were two kinds of lavender – French and English. The French kind is fragrant. They use it for perfumes, soaps, lotions, etc. The English Read More
Ahhh, fresh air, the smell of some sort of trees that we don’t see in the tropics, the sound of waterfalls, the freaking cold water in those waterfalls. What’s not to love? And how about the size of those trees? “Old forests” they’re called. Even the bark is bigger. When you sit on a boat Read More
The San Juan Islands – No, they’re not in Puerto Rico. They’re just NW of Seattle. We became buds with Bill and Kris during Cruisers University at the Annapolis Boat Show last October. They just moved onto their Caliber 47 and began their retired lives living off the grid. This was their shakedown cruise. New Read More
Yes, yes it is snow in July. That’s Mount Rainier, actually. We are so lucky, and we know it. Today we are flying to Seattle, then driving to Anacortes to jump on our friends’ Caliber 47 named Sacagawea. Bill and Kris moved on board and did a complete refit. We’re here strictly for moral support Read More
Sure, when you’re out on a boat, you’re typically surrounded by nature. But sometimes the mountains call. Isolating due to COVID-19 is hitting people hard. So we took our grandson to the mountains to escape the scene. We spent a week hiking, swimming, playing games outside during the day and working puzzles and reading stories Read More
Self-isolation. That’s a strange term. How do you isolate yourself – with another person? Or does it mean that you choose to isolate yourself rather than being told to do so? Whatever it means, people across the globe are doing it, including cruisers. The funny thing about it is that many cruisers are used to Read More
Before the COVID-19 lock-downs really kicked in, we had an opportunity to go fishing with our friend, Bowen. He’s an avid fisherman and knows the waters of the west coast of Florida like the back of his hand. We anchored in Terra Ceia Bay just south of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge for a few nights Read More
COVID-19, that quirky little virus that has all the world’s panties in a wad. You can’t go anywhere, visit anybody, hug your parents, dine out, see a movie, go to the store without a mask, nothing. You can spend your time with anyone in your household. I guess until we all know what this is Read More
We had a choice; either buy a chain counter or mark the chain every 25 feet. We never really knew how much chain we let out at anchor. It was always just a guess. Jeff got into the dinghy and floated it under the anchor locker. I lowered the anchor, VERY SLOWLY, into the dinghy Read More
This bridge is special. The original bridge was scary. I remember riding over it when I was a kid. It was two narrow lanes in each direction with steel floors. When you drove over it, the car would gently swerve left and right, depending on how much tread you had left on your tires. I Read More