Touch of Gray & The Motterhome

travel

  • Gorge | Fords | Nanaimo | Home

    What a trip! Here is our route in the Desolation Sound (right side of map) and Broughton Archipelago (heart-shaped) areas (see summary at the end of this post): It rained pretty much the whole time we were at Gorge Harbour.… Continue reading

  • Refuge Cove | Melanie Cove | Gorge Harbour

    First, a fish identification correction: What we thought might be a small halibut was really a rock sole. We borrowed some flour (thanks Deb!), Nick fried it up with our handful of prawns, and made fish & prawn tostadas! Yum!… Continue reading

  • Blind Channel to Toba Wilderness

    We had a nice dinner with friends aboard Aris and Ghost at the Blind Channel Resort restaurant. (I regret not getting a photo of the six of us!) Better weather this visit: The new friends we met, Mark and Susie,… Continue reading

  • Sullivan Bay to Echo Bay

    I am still having trouble uploading my whale videos, so please stay tuned. We arrived in Echo Bay on Sunday and immediately set about sight-seeing. We’ve been hearing about this place for years and were very interested in understanding more… Continue reading

  • Port McNeill to Telegraph Cove

    We were happy to be safely tied to a dock in Port McNeill while the wind blew hard on Tuesday, along with buckets of rain. Good opportunity to do laundry and lunch at Gus’s Pub. After reading a placard along… 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

  • Nanaimo to Maple Bay

    Nice three days in Nanaimo, although more rain and wind. We thought we’d move from the Boat Basin to either a buoy at Newcastle Island (Sasutshun Provincial Park) or the Nanaimo Yacht Club but it was so breezy we aborted… Continue reading