As the sun set today the moon arose over the newly frosted Chugach. This is the view from the dining room table. … [Read more]
Where is the snow? Or, OH WoW!
GAAAAAAAAAA! WHERE IS THE SNOW! 36 inches of new snow. 20 inches of new snow. 24 inches of new snow. IN FREEKING COLORADO! Why am I making noises like a frustrated, caged tiger? Not because the avalanche danger is too high, not because the … [Read more]
A Month in Valdez
Can this really be happening? Here we are in Valdez! It has been a frustrating and amazing month. We are finally getting settled and have found a great place to housesit through the first week of February. We bought a car, a bunch of groceries and … [Read more]
Touchdown!
Edge Of the World
An Update: The log is woefully behind, know that as we sit here on the edge of the world we are trying our best to catch up. We are in Elfin Cove, at the very top of the Inside Passage. Again we find we are the only boat on the dock. For the past … [Read more]
Norris the Crabman
Darin sat on the end of the boom, which extended as far to the starboard side as possible. I stood in the cockpit working the tiller, hoping his weight applied to the end of a lever would help us get off the sand I had driven onto moments earlier. A … [Read more]
San Juan Island Part I
We had every intention to depart Port Angeles with the early flood tide on Saturday, July 1. At the 4am alarm, we were barely conscious of thinking awwww, we're so sleepy...just a few more hours. We left five hours later, give or take, and that was … [Read more]
Orcas & Sucia Islands
July 7, 2006 Orcas Island is the shape of saddle, and we sailed up the middle through a mile-wide finger of water called East Sound (not to be confused with the small town of Eastsound situated at the top of the saddle). This took half a day from … [Read more]
New Gallery
Photos from the the trip so far! … [Read more]
Port Angeles, Washington
The wind was ripping down the Strait of Juan de Fuca at 30 plus knots, like it usually does in the late afternoon. Susanna and I had Bluewater parked at the fuel dock in the small boat harbor waiting for a few fishing boats to leave the guest dock … [Read more]