In early March we made a snowshoe trip to the new Annette Lake Sno-Park just east of Snoqualmie Pass. We loved being out in the beautiful winter scenery with deep fresh powder everywhere, and had a great time. We first walked a portion of the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, a historic rail trail,…
February in Seattle
February was even colder than January, with Seattle setting a record low temperature for Feb 24th of 22°F (-5.5°C) and fountains and ponds freezing up throughout the city. We started the month at the Seattle Boat Show, where we presented a seminar on our the trip around the world and checked out some of the…
Cold Front
Front went through, we anchored at Green Turtle Cay. Weather ahead of the front brought squalls, lightning, risk of water spouts. It was actually not really dramatic, we have weathered worse at sea. Like Sylvianne said when we left the Caribbean to hea…
Cold Front
Front went through, we anchored at Green Turtle Cay. Weather ahead of the front brought squalls, lightning, risk of water spouts. It was actually not really dramatic, we have weathered worse at sea. Like Sylvianne said when we left the Caribbean to hea…
Trawlerfest Anacortes 2023
The seminar schedule for the 2023 Trawlerfest at the Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show 2023 has been posted. We’ll be presenting this year on Friday May 19th at 1:00pm on our trip around the world in Nordhavn 52 Dirona. We will describe some of the techniques we used to make the trip more safe and…
January in Seattle
January was unseasonably cold for Seattle. The temperature fell as low as 27°F (-2.7° C), about 10°F (5.4°C) below average for this time of year, and several winter storms passed through. Except for a quick long weekend in Honolulu, we spent much of the month closer to home trying new restaurants and returning to old…
Beautiful morning.
Beautiful morning to head outside fishing!
Beautiful morning.
Beautiful morning to head outside fishing!
Honolulu
On a whim, we made a last-minute decision to go to Honolulu for a long weekend earlier this year. We’d both visited Hawaii many times, but hadn’t been back since we departed for Palmyra in 2013 on our trip around the world in Dirona. We had a fabulous time, and left with more warm memories…
Crazy Weather
It’s been crazy weather this week a stalled cold front and now a low with a warm front over Florida making for squally weather with crazy winds.
