We slept in a bit and the Debbie and Barb headed over to the ferry to visit U’mista, the cultural center at Alert Bay. See: http://www.umista.org/ U’mista is a term of the Kwakwaka’wakw people that means returning home after being taken in a raid…
Little Current to Croker Island Anchorage to Gore Bay
August 7thThings don’t always pan out the way they are planned. Due to weather we have passed up a couple of my MUST anchorages. We spent a night in Little Current instead of Baie Fine very disappointing, especially when it turned out to be…
Dusty Diva’s Dine At Nicatous Lodge…
A group of gals, dubbed the ” Nicatous Lake Dusty Diva’s” rode their ATV’s to Nicatous Lodge last week for lunch. Evidently the paparazzi couldn’t find us out here in the boonies to cover the event , so I will have to do i…
Mackinac Island, does not get any better than this…………..
What a pleasure to be “home”. Mackinac Island has been a favorite for most of my adult life. In my 20’s I began to race sailboats and the Port Huron and Chicago Mackinac races end at Mackinac Island. We have won a few races and placed in others, …
Monday, August 5, 2011
On Friday we spent the day with John’s parents. We played bridge in the afternoon and then went to Manor House for the seafood buffet. It was really good, but I ate too much. It’s always good to spend time with Mom and Dad. In fact, we are going back t…
Big night on Compass Cay
To be added to the “Shots over the Bow” collectionCompass Cay’s first JunkanooAs posted earlier, Josh threw a great wedding party for his brother Zack and new sister in law, Gergana. He really pulled out all the stops. It all started the night be…
Strong Wind Warning
(Monday Aug 15 – Dist: 1.7 mi; TTT: 0:30 hrs)
Sugarloaf MarinaPort Colborne, ON
Linda and I were a bit concerned with the wind on the Lake and the fact that the marine forecast predicted 2-4 waves, so we decided to basically go around the cor…
33 years and counting
We took a short trip this past weekend to the Tides Inn. to celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary. Our son Billy and his girlfriend Courtney joined us for the festivities. We go about once a year and have a great time. The funny thing is the Tides Inn…
Daddy's Girls
We took the VIA train to Montreal for the weekend. Saturday night we enjoyed the last Harry Potter movie at the IMAX in 3D, it was awesome, and I’m not even a HP fan. A dinner was had in Natasha, Al’s eldest daughters new home. Al requested a photo…
Wala island, Malekula
The villages of Malekula are roughly broken into two groups, the Small Nambas and the Large Nambas, and are distinguished by the size of the nambas (penis sheaths) they wear. The degree of kastom tradition varies in each village. Some villages in Vanua…
