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Our First Snow Day of the Season… 2/13/21

Last night… the single and solitary frozen crystals drifting from the clouds gave way to a cornucopia of fledgling glider … Continue reading Our First Snow Day of the Season… 2/13/21

The Dinosaurs (Birds) of Port Ludlow; 2/11/21

It is snowing. I’m not talking about a North Dakota or High Sierra type of snow that fills the nostrils … Continue reading The Dinosaurs (Birds) of Port Ludlow; 2/11/21

Cruising in the PNV By Foot Power; 1/28/21

While we have undergone some great cruising in late fall, early winter and in the “dead” of winter, we do … Continue reading Cruising in the PNV By Foot Power; 1/28/21

The Meaning of Home; 1/24/21 (Of course that could change in 20 minutes…)

In 2006, the journalist and screenwriter Nora Ephron published an essay in The New Yorker about her love affair with the Apthorp, … Continue reading The Meaning of Home; 1/24/21 (Of course that could change in 20 minutes…)

Langley to Anacortes Via the Swinomish Canal; A Mid-Winter Cruise Part II; 1/24/21

We departed Langley at 0800 bound for Anacortes. It was a drizzly morning. While we were out to pick up … Continue reading Langley to Anacortes Via the Swinomish Canal; A Mid-Winter Cruise Part II; 1/24/21

A Midwinter Blog Entry; 1/23/21

It has been quite some time since I wrote and pushed out a blog post. The tragedy of the pandemic … Continue reading A Midwinter Blog Entry; 1/23/21

About Our 2020 Holiday Season… (12/24/20)

Over the past 18 months or so while actively cruising about the Salish Sea and Puget Sound, we have visited … Continue reading About Our 2020 Holiday Season… (12/24/20)

A Day In the Life: Hiking Around Gibbs Lake… 12/2/20

Dawn crept out of the silky night with the subtlety of a jaguar stalking its prey in the deep shadows … Continue reading A Day In the Life: Hiking Around Gibbs Lake… 12/2/20

Anatomy of a Passage: Gig Harbor to Port Madison, 12/7/20

There are two types of sailors… Well of course, there are many more than two.  There are racers, cruisers, armchair … Continue reading Anatomy of a Passage: Gig Harbor to Port Madison, 12/7/20

Quote of the Day… 11.21.20

If money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns, then P.R. campaigns and snappy catchphrases are … Continue reading Quote of the Day… 11.21.20

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