Favorite Anchorages: Entrances and Exits and the Views Inside

A bit of history before I start on today’s renderings. I was born in Tacoma, lived in the pacific northwest, … Continue reading Favorite Anchorages: Entrances and Exits and the Views Inside

The Ethereal Light of Sunrise, Sunsets, and Moonrise

Delicate sunrise pastels illume the early hour landscape. An Earthy, morning embrace. As our planet’s rotation progresses, the angle of … Continue reading The Ethereal Light of Sunrise, Sunsets, and Moonrise

Squirrel Cove. On a recent morning, as I was relaxing in the aft sunroom, sipping my usual coffee with a … Continue reading Home Is Where the Boat Is…

Day 3: An ambling stroll in the deep woods. Alone. Walking staff in hand. I had just picked it up. … Continue reading Von Donup Inlet… An Extraordinary Setting Amidst Idyllic Locales

Les unearthed this quote and cast it my way for me to contemplate. Mull it over I did. The deepest … Continue reading The Adventure Doesn’t Start Until the First Thing Goes Wrong

It began as it always does. Hours of groundwork, planning, list formulation, developing operational schemes that unfold over time and … Continue reading June 1st 2026: The Beginning of Cruising Season

From early winter through mid-spring, we moor in a bay nestled against the remnants of a temperate rain forest. These … Continue reading Marbled Murrelets. An Aqua-Centric Forrest Dweller

In just a short while it will be 2026. Since it was another sunnyish day in the Great Northland… We … Continue reading An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods

Come gather ’round people wherever you roamAnd admit that the waters around you have grownAnd accept it that soon you’ll … Continue reading The Times They Are A-Changin’. Bob Dylan. 1963