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Our Cruising Platform: Great Northern, a DeFever 53 Performance Offshore Cruiser

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  • Soapstone… An Alternative Meditation
  • Tis Middle Autumn… Leaning Towards The Cusp of Winter
  • Autumn In Pacific Northwest Forests: Flagler State Park, Port Ludlow and Surrounds
  • Well folks… it’s shroom season in the Northwest…
  • Our 2023 Shoulder Season Cruise Finale: Bedwell Harbour, Hunter Bay… Port Ludlow
  • Dogfish Bay (AKA Kendrick Island), Valdes Island, BC, Canada… 9/15/23
  • After Prideaux: Galley Bay, Then… Powell River.
  • After Cortes Island: Prideaux Haven and… Galley Bay
  • Departing Waiatt Bay and Exploring Cortes Island: 9/1/23 to 9/10/23
  • Images of Our Shoulder Season Travels in Great Northern. 8/15/23 – 8/31/23, Hunter Bay to Waiatt Bay and the Octopus Islands, British Columbia
  • Gorge Harbour… Late August, 2023
  • A Photogenic Tapestry: Waiatt Harbour and the Octopus Islands, Quadra Island, BC, Canada; August 2023
  • 10/28/23.  The Discovery Islands:  Rebecca Spit to Waiatt Harbor and the Octopus Islands
  • 8.26.2023, 20:00; Drew Harbour, Quadra Island, BC
  • PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023
  • An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods
  • Images of Our 2025 Timeline
  • Compelling Images…
  • The Captivating Contronym: Raveling
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  • Soapstone… An Alternative Meditation
  • Tis Middle Autumn… Leaning Towards The Cusp of Winter
  • Autumn In Pacific Northwest Forests: Flagler State Park, Port Ludlow and Surrounds
  • Well folks… it’s shroom season in the Northwest…
  • Our 2023 Shoulder Season Cruise Finale: Bedwell Harbour, Hunter Bay… Port Ludlow
  • Dogfish Bay (AKA Kendrick Island), Valdes Island, BC, Canada… 9/15/23
  • After Prideaux: Galley Bay, Then… Powell River.
  • After Cortes Island: Prideaux Haven and… Galley Bay
  • Departing Waiatt Bay and Exploring Cortes Island: 9/1/23 to 9/10/23
  • Images of Our Shoulder Season Travels in Great Northern. 8/15/23 – 8/31/23, Hunter Bay to Waiatt Bay and the Octopus Islands, British Columbia
  • Gorge Harbour… Late August, 2023
  • A Photogenic Tapestry: Waiatt Harbour and the Octopus Islands, Quadra Island, BC, Canada; August 2023
  • 10/28/23.  The Discovery Islands:  Rebecca Spit to Waiatt Harbor and the Octopus Islands
  • 8.26.2023, 20:00; Drew Harbour, Quadra Island, BC
  • PNW Shoulder Season Cruise, 2023
  • An End of Year Jaunt in the Local Woods
  • Images of Our 2025 Timeline
  • Compelling Images…
  • The Captivating Contronym: Raveling
  • Blog Feed
  • Blog Feed
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So What Day Are We On?  Let’s see… It’s Day Three… and The Friday Harbor Farmer’s Market Beckons Us

We decided… well, really, Les decided that today we would take the chariot to the English Camp dock, walk up … Continue reading So What Day Are We On?  Let’s see… It’s Day Three… and The Friday Harbor Farmer’s Market Beckons Us

Day 2:  Garrison Bay, the reprise…

Memorial Day weekend in Garrison Bay… The usual… As a comparator I offer a snap of Avalon Harbor, our old … Continue reading Day 2:  Garrison Bay, the reprise…

Day 1… Post Passage

A DAWNING Deeply embedded intimacyYearningA quiet answerAn echoBeyond the veilOf timeEver so gentlyLingering…In the distanceA mournful echoOf a lone gull’s … Continue reading Day 1… Post Passage

A Morning Passage… a Beginning

Up at 05:30.  O-Dark:30 for some.  A usual time for us to rise and ready the boat for an 07:00 … Continue reading A Morning Passage… a Beginning

It Was Time To Replace Fred’s Impeller

Potentially… it was past time. One never quite knows for sure, does one? When does an ominous, lurking probability become … Continue reading It Was Time To Replace Fred’s Impeller

May 7th, 2022… Esta Maravilloso Dia, Como No?

Living on a boat, we occupy a curious space…. a juxtaposition.  A dividing line of separation. On one side we … Continue reading May 7th, 2022… Esta Maravilloso Dia, Como No?

Port Ludlow “French” Onion Soup… a Balm for the Soul

It did seem like we received more wind from the SE this winter than we did last winter.  Most likely … Continue reading Port Ludlow “French” Onion Soup… a Balm for the Soul

A Day In the life of a Live-aboard Boater….

This short tale begins as many do… with a very simple event… I was in the master head performing my … Continue reading A Day In the life of a Live-aboard Boater….

Winter Has Arrived On the Peninsula

Monochromatic clouds rippled with back-lighting.  Mottled textures.  Firs, hemlocks and cedars thrust their needle studded arms into that ether. Or … Continue reading Winter Has Arrived On the Peninsula

The Ebb…

The tide is going out. Burner Point beach in Port Ludlow is a fine place to sit back and become … Continue reading The Ebb…

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