Today would have been Jerry Garcia’s 70th birthday.This marks the beginning of what Deadheads call “the Days Between” as he diedon Aug. 8th. It is a week of celebrations and remembrances. I was diving the morning of the tragedy and had just gotte…
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Port Harvey to Ganges
July 24, 2012Spirit departed Port Harvey at 0800 under overcast skies which soon cleared as we headed east in Johnstone Strait. The tide was ebbing strongly against us, so we hugged the back eddy on the Vancouver Island shore until the eddy faile…
Georgian Bay: Midland ON & the Small Craft Channel
In earlier posts we indicated that Georgian Bay (GB) is “at the east end of Lake Huron.” That’s a quick, but less than accurate, description of GB’s location, and it communicates nothing about this amazing body of water! Actually, the rather large protuberance off the northeast sector of Lake Huron is GB, and it is […]
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After a few days alone in Tawau, a medium sized town on the Malaysian/Indonesian border I picked up new crew, got the Indo visas and supplies. The town is one of the few places where I there were few if any westerners, English was scar…
Port McNeill to Port Harvey
July 21, 2012A deserted Greenway Sound ResortDeparting Port McNeill at 0955 we headed around the east end of Malcom Island and north across Queen Charlotte Strait to Fife Sound. As we headed out past then end of Malcom Island we ran across another fell…
#28 – Juneau to Petersburg: Fishing Halibut, Exiting Fords Terror in the dark, and videoing Pack Creek Bears
On Tuesday, July 17 we headed south from Juneau down Gastineau Channel and into Stephens Passage. Our destinations this week include Taku, Endicott Arm, Dawes Glacier, Fords Terror, Windfall Harbor, the Pack Creek Bears and Petersburg. Our guest …
#28 – Juneau to Petersburg: Fishing Halibut, Exiting Fords Terror in the dark, and videoing Pack Creek Bears
On Monday, July 16 we headed south from Juneau down Gastineau Channel and into Stephens Passage. Our destinations this week include Taku, Endicott Arm, Dawes Glacier, Fords Terror, Windfall harbor, the Pack Creek Bears and Petersburg. Here’…
Shearwater to Port McNeill
July 17, 2012Departing Shearwater under overcast skies at 0915 we headed down Lama Passage and across Fisher Channel to Codville Lagoon where we anchored behind Codville Island in 90 feet of water. By the time we anchored at 1145 the skies had cl…
Ramdan starts today
Ramadan
Today starts the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims around the world. This is an incredibly spiritual month and the rituals are extensive and challenging. Fasting is the primary activity, refraining from eating, drinking and sexual activity dur…
Finishing the Trent Severn Waterway
Again, it has been awhile since we posted… Internet access has become more and more sporadic the farther west we travel, and sometimes we can “do email” but don’t have the bandwidth to post or upload pictures. We are now in Little Current, a delightful town along Georgian Bay, marking the end of the Small […]
