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Home stretch and last 200 or so miles

5.12.26 – Wednesday There is little that is quite so comforting as a long, relatively straight down-wind sail on easy seas, even if the motor is also running. The five and a half hour trip took us south of Savary Island south of Lund thence southwest to Deep Bay. We took the opportunity to sailContinue reading “Home stretch and last 200 or so miles”

A Different Johnstone Strait, New Gunkholes, and Nostalgia: 7-11 May

Off-grid sailing has its advantages but pokes the guilty button of having not posted a thing since Port McNeill. I am trying to catch up during our morning in Lund, BC. Johnstone Strait can be formidable to the point of dissuading any save the intrepid Row2AK competitors that take what Mother Nature hands them inContinue reading “A Different Johnstone Strait, New Gunkholes, and Nostalgia: 7-11 May”

Queen Charlotte Strait, Port McNeill, … and the path ahead

I had a good sleep while it lasted(!) An hour and a half ago, nature called after which I couldn’t force my mind to settle down and go back to sleep. Half an hour ago I arose, dressed, and am sipping a cup of coffee presently. My mind was going everywhere after I crawled backContinue reading “Queen Charlotte Strait, Port McNeill, … and the path ahead”

White Mountain, Barnaby Buttes, and Louis Lake – a short hiking adventure to central Washington

As a former neighbor and friend of mine since 1968 in Pocatello Idaho, Joe Hearst and I go back a long way. Besides hanging out off and on, hiking and camping on local hills, and playing kick the can at his place during the four years my family lived in Pocatello, Joe & I hikedContinue reading “White Mountain, Barnaby Buttes, and Louis Lake – a short hiking adventure to central Washington”