Tag: British Columbia
-
At last we leave Port McNeil and head into the Broughtons, though their many shades of blue until we nestle in among the green shores…
-
A decision we planned to make enroute was the choice between Juneau or Sitka this year. Sitka won.
-
In anticipation of long quiet days at anchor, I start moving books on board in the winter. This compartmentalizes what I don’t have time for…
-
Here’s how I spend time at anchor on the long afternoons that follow our early mornings. Jack has the coffee ready by 5:00 am and…
-
That tag line from hellobc.com fits the middle passage of our cruise. After entering Canada at Prince Rupert, we found ourselves along in a string of…
-
By early July we’re fully on island time. Swinging at anchor, reading books, and day dreaming. When we’re low on bread and eggs and our…
-
We catch the 8:40 ferry from Port McNeill, arriving in Alert Bay about 45 minutes later. It’s our first time in a place I’ve been…
-
We’re still figuring out Canada’s system of buoys and navigational aids, which seem at once very smart and very dumb. Their cardinal buoys are simply…
-
On these rapidly shortening, often freezing winter days, Aurora is safely moored at a lovely spot at the south end of Port Townsend Bay. Bald…