We are a little nervous as the travel lift creeks and groans while lifting our precious cargo into the air. We have been hauled out many times but it is always an uneasy feeling until Idyll Time is safely back in the water. On this particular launch, Idyll Time must be carried almost half a […]
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Spring 2019 Commissioning
We are happy to be back aboard Idyll Time. Our 3300 mile cross country RV trip went well. We crossed off two National Parks from our bucket list, Hot Springs in Arkansas and Arches in Moab Utah. The highlight of our trip was a week spent along the Oregon Coast. We enjoyed some great hiking […]
Catching up on Season 2018/2019
Just days before leaving for Florida in November 2018, we welcomed Baby girl, Elin into the world. Congratulations to my niece Ali and her husband JoshNovember 2018 Broulee back in the water at River Forest Yachting Center. Its always a goo…
Update, Testing Blogger from Android
So we have not been active for quite some time. Reason, this app would not work for us. Hoping it has been fixed.
R.I.P.
I flew home on February 19th, just in time for another 8 inches of snow and our record breaking snowiest February in Minnesotas history – 30.4 inches of snow. The next day, my sister suffered a stroke and 6 days later lost her battle with c…
We apologize for the gap year(s)
After almost two years of not touching the blog, I decided today to check out where and what the other blogs we used to follow are doing now. Was surprised to see our friends on M/V Tourist are going thru similar situations.We have not sold our b…
End of Season
It is hard to believe the end of our 2018 cruising season is already here. Idyll Time took good care of us this year on our 3200 mile trek to Alaska and Back. It is now time to give her some attention. We settled on Anacortes, Washington and North Harbor diesel for our winter location. […]
A Change of Scenery
With a favorable forecast for the Strait of Georgia, we reluctantly say goodbye to Rekindle and Navigator and depart Van Donnop anchorage at first light for a 62 mile run down the strait to our anchorage in Tribune Bay on Hornby Island. Seeing several whale spouts, we make a stop to see what is going […]
Running The Rapids
We have zero visibility as we pull away from the slip in Port McNeil and enter Queen Charlotte Strait. Checkout time is 11 am and we must leave as they have another boat coming into our slip. The dock master assures us that the fog usually lifts by 10 am, but not today. We keep […]
Dixon Entrance to Cape Caution
After spending four days at Pond Bay waiting for winds and seas to calm down from a gale force warning, we find benign conditions for our open water crossing of Dixon Entrance. The calm passage was well worth the wait. We soon enter British Columbia waters and call Nexus for our clearance. With our newly […]
