Touch of Gray & The Motterhome

boating

  • Ganges | Sidney | Tod Inlet

    We pulled in to a near-empty Kanaka Wharf (Ganges, Salt Spring Island) on Thursday. The local boats vacated their over-wintering docks on May 1, and this season hasn’t quite kicked off, so plenty of space. The weather has been very… Continue reading

  • Otter Bay Marina & Unexpected Friends

    Fun boating trip so far! Except for the fridge; more about that later. We left home on Tuesday morning with no firm itinerary, just a general idea of heading into B.C. and the Gulf Islands. After loading our stuff we… Continue reading

  • Touch of Gray’s Boating Season Begins

    Nick and I arrived home from Kailua-Kona on April 5th. Despite the biggest storm to hit the area in fifty years, it was a wonderful trip. We were fortunate to have the Ramble On crew (Shannon & Steve) with us… Continue reading

  • Victoria to Home

    A good 17-day cruise! Weather was mostly perfect, we didn’t get into any crazy water, currents were pushing us in the right direction…all in all, a very nice trip to the South Sound and Victoria This is a photo of… Continue reading

  • Port Townsend to Victoria

    We arrived in Port Townsend Wednesday, hoping to land at the reciprocal dock at Boat Haven. Alas, another boat had swooped in ahead of us. No worries, they were able to accommodate us in another slip. We took a walk… Continue reading

  • Gig Harbor

    He’s unstoppable! This one on his first cast of the day! Another thing I forgot to mention. On the way from Blake to Tacoma on the 21st, we pulled into Des Moines Marina to fuel up. We knew there were… Continue reading

  • Tacoma & Gig Harbor

    I forgot to mention another thing we’ve seen while at Blake Island, in the “interesting ships” category: a submarine! After my last post regarding the webcam at Blake, I learned a couple of things from another boater, and someone who… Continue reading

  • Eagle Harbor & Blake Island

    Lovely two nights at anchor in Eagle Harbor. Weather was good, and we got a couple of nice paddles in. While paddling the inner harbor we watched two animals cavorting along the shore. I’ve gone back and forth between foxes… Continue reading

  • Fish On!

    Pink salmon are jumping all over the place and Malcolm caught his first one this morning, out fishing with his dad. He reeled it in all by himself! (He’s 5!) We had planned to take off Thursday but decided to… Continue reading

  • Montague | Garrison Bay | Home

    There is a chandelier hanging under the Granville Bridge, right by the yacht club and we took a quick walk to look at it Friday afternoon. (The FCYC is the red building at the bottom of the photo.) Three times… Continue reading