Home Is Where the Boat Is…

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…

Von Donup Inlet… An Extraordinary Setting Amidst Idyllic Locales

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

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

Geologic Time. An interesting concept studied by many but understood by few. Where you stand, hike, swim, ply your craft, … Continue reading Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island, 5/2025.

There’s this place near Ludlow Falls. It’s a little over a mile from where we spend our winters. It’s an … Continue reading So There’s This Place… It’s Ancient, and New

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

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…

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

I ran across the most interesting book a month or so ago. It was written by Peter Wohlleben, a lifelong … Continue reading The Rainier Trail and the Trees That Live There