I read this on the back of a t-shirt during the Sutura Harbour Sunset Run. It hit me square in the heart. As I have said many times, it is hard leaving the wonderful places and people I have encountered on this journey. So often I am drawn to ap…
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Do not Cry because it is Over Smile because it Happened.
KK rocks, KK runs
When KK has an event it is a doozy. I attended the jazz festival here and it was a gala affair with eloquent décor, food and hot music. It was packed with enthusiastic people enjoying music for two days. The music ranged for jazz fusion/rhythm ba…
Slogan for the Day
Time for a pump out. We cruisers love the green light on the black water tank tender (it means its empty). (View Post…)
Dive Master!
Dive Master!
After ten grueling, fun and exciting days Marisa and I passed our last test, demonstrated the last required skill and became PADI Dive Masters, Yahoo!
I started this adventure to enhance my knowledge and to become a better…
Heading South – Sort Of!
We have to go north to head south on our way from Sitka to Ketchikan, June 25-27The rains returned, along with much cooler temperatures, as we cleaned and reorganized the boat in anticipation of Jon and Susanne Liljegren’s arrival on Thursday. …
Happy CANADA Day!!
It’s been awhile since we’ve posted, and we have adventures to share, but in this quick post, we want assure everyone we made it through the Kirkfield Lock just fine- In fact, it was slightly anticlimactic after all the hype and discussion AND the challenges of the waterways both before and after our ride in […]
#26 – Willie Lands a Huge Salmon
Willie Benedetti of Willie-Bird Turkeys is a pretty good fisherman. Today he landed a pretty good sized fish. More on the story later, but here’s the photo and video, for now.Willie and Joe make sure the big King Salmon doesn’t fall overboa…
#26 – Sitka Fishing: Willie Lands a Huge Salmon
On Sunday, June 24 Alex’s college roommates arrived in Sitka. Willie, Joe, Mike and Alex all graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1970-71. Willie Benedetti was a poultry major and now operates his own poultry business. Willie-Bird Turkeys i…
From Stony Lake to Bobcaygeon
Stony Lake provided us with a wonderful weekend: 1½ days of warm sunshine allowing for walks around the grounds of the resort and a great dinghy ride and then a Sunday of rain and wind, encouraging us to stay inside, to read the Toronto Star offered to us by a pair of women boaters docked […]
Sitka Interlude Part 3
June 20, 20120500 came all too early as we headed for Biorka Island to fish. Alex Benson was with us to try his rigs out also. The day started slow, with a mixture of sun and rain showers, but no fish. Finally we hooked a coho, then t…
