07. October 2024
It seems the usual that when we’ve recently left a big city, we crave a small town, like a palate cleanser. Our memory buckets were full of San Francisco and we were ready to move on, especially to some less foggy and chilly weather (what the heck, California!).
25. September 2024
San Francisco had been a big destination highlight for me, and our first really big city that we were going to visit as a family. I think we forget every time that we like big cities in small doses. Small towns always win our hearts over, but we seem to always forget that when the bright and flashy lights of the next big metropolis shows up on the horizon.
19. September 2024
Looking on a map, it seemed that San Francisco was still a million miles away. We had made really good tracks getting down the coast, but we still weren’t where we needed to be. From what we could tell, it was still at least one more overnight passage, a full 24 hours of being underway. So we buckled up and set forth, after an overnight in Shelter Cove, we headed out south.
10. September 2024
Once we had finished with Victoria, it was time to start truly heading south and bracing ourselves for crossing the border in the USA and truly begin this adventure. I don’t think I am alone in feeling minor/major anxiety about border crossings, and I just can’t shake the feeling that I am doing something wrong. But crossing the border by boat was giving Matt and I a bit of extra worries. What if we didn’t eat through all of our apples? Will they make us empty out our stores of food? Will...
31. August 2024
We knew it would be coming, but it was still a bit of a shock when it happened. The weather is changing. We have gotten so used to high temperatures outdoors and in the water that it was quite the shock when the skies turned gray and the water went below 14°.
12. August 2024
What a treat it was to catch up with family - we’ve been able to see both of my sisters and their families and have some really nice adventures along the way. Travelling by boat is definitely different than visiting by land, so some things were just trickier - like someone had to drive us back to the boat every night (which we were really grateful for), and we couldn’t bring to shore just anything (it always has to go in the dinghy first and be carted to wherever we are being picked up),...
30. July 2024
Entering into yet another season of cruising here, we’ve finally hit civilization again, with stores and traffic and sidewalks. Ha! What a concept.
24. July 2024
Somehow we are already two weeks into our adventure and the time has been going slowly and quickly all at once. After having some friends visit us, our hearts were full, feeling the support and enthusiasm people have for us. It is still hard to turn away and leave, but we know we’ll be back with a new energy for life at home.
17. July 2024
Casting off from Powell River was less emotional than I anticipated- we were ready. We had slept two nights at the dock already and it felt like it was time to go. The weather was calm and it was finally feeling like summer. A nice group of friends saw us off at the dock and we all waved frantically in our matching shirts, and we were away! We had all been feeling a lot of stress leading up to take off, a lot of long days and lists top check off. But we also all knew that as soon as we rounded...
