I always thought it would be so cool to sail into a big city. Chicago, New York, Seattle, sail on in, tie up to the dock, and walk out into the hustle and bustle of city life. Rounding the turn past Discovery Park, we began to see the cranes from the port. Then the arenas Read More
Hidden Bay is just that. Hidden. You’d never know it was there or how beautiful it is if you were flying by the entrance with the throttle wide open. We found it on the map and decided to check it out, hopefully spend the night. This beautiful harbor on the north end of Bainbridge Island Read More
You have to plan ahead before entering Deception Pass. The pass is narrow, surrounded by rocks and cliffs. The tides are large. The currents and the eddies are strong. If you time it wrong, you’ll end up on the rocks. Most boats don’t do well on the rocks. They end up with scrapes and holes. Read More
Jeff and I have spent most of our anchoring time in the Caribbean and Bahamas. We never thought much about underwater rocks because the water is so clear down there. You can usually see them as you come into an anchorage. But not here. We entered the bay at high tide, apparently. When we woke Read More
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