A Passage: Parks Bay to Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island, May 2023

On Saturday, May 6th, we engineered a Sunday, May 7th passage from Port Ludlow to Parks Bay, Shaw Island in … Continue reading A Passage: Parks Bay to Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island, May 2023

A San Juan Passage, May, 2023

Referring to our last post: Our 2023 Cruising Season Departure… And The Hudson’s Bay Rule (HBR to the initiated)”, we … Continue reading A San Juan Passage, May, 2023

I’ve written about The Hudson’s Bay Rule (HBR) before in this blog. My review is buried in a past Bloglet. … Continue reading Our 2023 Cruising Season Departure… And The Hudson’s Bay Rule

Well… not really a report, but an anecdotal review. It all started around 1300 on 2/28/23. After much threatening hail … Continue reading A Snapshot of Pacific Northwest Weather… Late February,

Describing it as a rough and tumble life barely covers what it once meant to be a lumberjack. It was … Continue reading The Steam Donkey Trail: A Dosewallips State Park Highlight, 2/11/23

A prequel is in order. An amalgam of hike generated inspiration, a bit of cabin fever, and being low on … Continue reading Images of A 2023 Great Northern Mid-Winter Adventure…

December 21st, 2022… a winter solstice marches onto the stage and takes a bow. Oh yes, the days will now … Continue reading And So Cometh The Solstice To Our Realm and Environ

One of our favorite hiking spots is Fort Flagler State Park, one of the “Fighting Forts of Puget Sound” constructed … Continue reading Why We Decided to Leave the San Juans in Late November: Deteriorating Weather…

Sometime back in the “1980’s” we visited the Rosario Resort and Marina to celebrate an anniversary. On that day we … Continue reading Onward: To Rosario and Beyond