Sigh. 2020 blows, and not in a way sailors like. After knocking out a few boat projects, we started to get itchy to get off the dock and spend some of the waning summer in the San Juan Islands. We hadn’t been to Fishermen’s Bay on the West side of Lopez in a while, soContinue reading “Pandemic Summer Drags on”
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Sheltering on the Road for a bit
We love being on the boat in the Pacific Northwest in the Summer. It’s magical. But there are other places that are magic too, and we really miss our family during this pandemic. So everyone has to weigh the risks, and decide what it reasonably safe. In late July we decided it was time toContinue reading “Sheltering on the Road for a bit”
Sheltering on the Boat in Puget Sound
As the pandemic rolled on into late spring, the urge to get off the dock started building. Educator John Shedd said it best, “A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for.” The week after Memorial Day some parts of the state with low virus numbers started toContinue reading “Sheltering on the Boat in Puget Sound”
Shelter in Place…on a boat
Everyone will have the story to tell about where they “sheltered in place” during the novel coronavirus outbreak in the spring of 2020. For us shelter was aboard our Passport 40 sailboat, Endless Song, at our dock in Anacortes, WA. The first step, of course, is getting the boat systems back on line. When weContinue reading “Shelter in Place…on a boat”
Spring Interrupted…
No one will be talking about their spring travel in 2020 without getting to the part where the novel coronavirus COVID-19 blew everything up. We were a long way from home on this trip. In fact the whole point of the trip was to get as far away from home in the Pacific Northwest asContinue reading “Spring Interrupted…”
St. Augustine, Brunswick, Savannah and Charleston
Yes they each deserve their own post, but there’s a theme here. After the manatee at Crystal River we moved over to be close to St. Augustine so we could begin to explore the historic cities of the Southeast coast. And first on our list was the oldest in the US, St. Augustine, founded byContinue reading “St. Augustine, Brunswick, Savannah and Charleston”
West Side, Best Side?
So after our two weeks over by Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Miami we’ve retreated back to the Gulf Shore part of Florida; first a week down by Bonita Springs, then up to Crystal River…where the manatee winter. Before we get to the latest on the west side. A bit of a view on the eastContinue reading “West Side, Best Side?”
Bicycling the Everglades
So Karin and I took the bicycles to Everglades National Park for a ride in a place called Shark Valley. Yeah, it was really gator alley. we council at least 30 as we rode the 15 mile loop out to the observation tower and back. But it was a blast. If you want to knowContinue reading “Bicycling the Everglades”
Finally, Florida
Well, we made it. On Wednesday, January 8th we crossed the border into the Florida panhandle, passed Pensacola and Destin, turned right just before the capitol in Tallahassee, and made our first night stop on the beach near Panacea on Ochlockanee Bay. That’s just down the road from Sopchoppy, home of the annual Worm GruntingContinue reading “Finally, Florida”
Harvest Hosting to Florida
As I’ve said before, when you’re doing a series of one night stops on the road to somewhere, the best stays we’ve had have been at Harvest Host locations. Harvest Host is an RV membership made up of wineries, breweries, farms, museums, golf courses, and other similar places where you can stay the night forContinue reading “Harvest Hosting to Florida”
