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  • Lagoon Cove to Port McNeill

    We took a short hike on one of the Lagoon Cove trails. Notice the bear spray in my pocket: Deb also has Bear spray but hers is in cool holster: We left Lagoon Cove for Port McNeill, taking the more… Continue reading

  • Lagoon Cove

    We arrived in Lagoon Cove yesterday. What a spot! (Shannon, is this place name from the Department of Redundancy Department?) This is a small marina on West Cracroft Island. It’s charming and rustic, with so many nice touches. Maybe it’s… Continue reading

  • Relive

    Mike’s fun Relive videos: Vancouver to Pender Harbour Pender Harbour to Lund Lund to Blind Channel Blind Channel to Lagoon Cove Continue reading

  • Bears!

    But first… Lund to Big Bay…I mean…Blind Channel! I want to give a big shout out to the Aris crew for sharing their Starlink with us – makes for some great internet service when the boats are near enough each… Continue reading

  • Pender Harbour to Lund

    Although most of us had a salty, bumpy ride a fair amount of the way, Willow seemed to be quite content aboard Aris: All of the sudden it seems like summer. We arrived in Lund and I spent some time… Continue reading

  • On our way…& some boat stuff

    I think I can speak for all four of us when I say we finally feel like we’re on our way to getting somewhere. That somewhere being the Broughtons. We woke to relatively clear weather with little wind. After some… Continue reading

  • Anacortes to Vancouver B.C.

    We’ve been “stuck” in Vancouver at Quayside Marina – great facility but very poor internet and lousy cell service, so I am catching up now. Anacortes We’ve boated through Guemes Channel and past the Secret Cove restaurant in Anacortes many… Continue reading

  • Broughtons…Best Laid Plans

    We drove to La Conner yesterday to lunch with Mike and Deb. As we plan to spend the next few weeks with them, we thought a little planning would be a good thing. (Their boat, Aris, is having some water… Continue reading

  • The Rambling Cruise

    Forgot to include this image of our route! (Made with one of my planning charts and a wet erase marker.) Continue reading

  • Breaking up is hard to do…

    It was a little breezy in Garrison Bay but not too bad. We were able to take the dinghies to Westcott Shellfish for lunch on Saturday, after a hike up Young Hill in the morning. It was Wescott’s third annual… Continue reading