This heron was hanging out on our dinghy on Saturday morning. I very quietly lifted the top hatch on the door to the cockpit and snapped a couple of photos before it took off: We headed up to Anacortes from Portland on Friday afternoon and got to the boat by about…
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One of the things I can't take with me when we're traveling is my Portland photography studio, so when we're back home for a few weeks this usually means scheduling photo shoots. I do have a compact, portable setup for doing location work, but nothing beats my nice big studio space for…
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You guys remember Margaret, from our flotilla to Alaska last summer? She was crewing for Mark Bunzel, our flotilla leader from Anacortes to Ketchikan? This is Margaret, being awesome at Fury Cove after our crossing of Cape Caution: Margaret asked me a few weeks ago if I'd co-teach a seminar with…
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You know that moment, right? The moment when you think "Aaaauuuuggghhh!! Thirty seconds ago everything was great and now it's not! Rewind!" but you can't, because life doesn't work that way? Well, last week we had one of those moments. We returned to Portland on Tuesday night. It had been snowing and…
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We left Roche Harbor yesterday morning and headed around the back side of San Juan Island to look for orcas. (Spoiler: no orcas.) But wow what a gorgeous sky! Kevin worked while I drove the boat and kept an eye out for cetaceans. It was a pretty chill cruise the…
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We cruised over to Roche Harbor on San Juan Island yesterday (from Fox Cove on Sucia Island) — about 20 nautical miles. We needed a couple things at the store and figured we'd skip a night of cooking and have dinner at McMillen's. We were at Roche Harbor with our…
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This morning's sunrise (taken from our moorage in Fox Cove, looking toward Fossil Bay) was tough to capture in a photo. The glow coming from behind that forested hill was much cooler in person. After breakfast and a bunch of work, we dinghied into shore to do some hiking. Sucia…
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We celebrated New Year's Eve last night in Prevost Harbor on Stuart Island. We met up with some friends (Dan and Eileen, and their Nordic Tug 32 "Fortunate") on their boat for happy hour and then dinner. Dan and Eileen made a delicious risotto with chicken and we brought champagne and…
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We're back in the San Juan Islands and the weather is lovely! We came up on Sunday with some family in tow and took a quick little two-hour excursion in Airship over to Cypress Island and back in the rain. It was still fun, but we're happy the weather has improved…
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The dinnerware we have on Airship is the blue Willow pattern. There was something that really appealed to me about this traditional, blue and white pattern when we were outfitting the boat. At some point a couple years ago, I became aware of artist Don Moyer. Don was just starting to design…
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