Update 5/24/17: We’ve begun offering our own flotillas! The Slowboat 2017 Flotilla to Alaska goes all the way to Sitka and is limited to six boats. The Slowboat 2018 Flotilla to Alaska will go from the San Juan Islands in Washington all the way to Juneau, Alaska. Additionally, we are…
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“It’s called… SHELLLL Beach” My Dad’s eyes tilted slightly higher and his voice took on a reverent, mysterious tone when he said the name of the place. Dad had a way of describing things that made them seem magical. Sometimes, he could impart that mystical quality simply by saying the…
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This afternoon after finishing up most of a work day, we headed by bike back into downtown Nanaimo and took the little ferry over to Newcastle Island. That's Newcastle on the left, and Protection Island on the right. Newcastle Island is a marine provincial park just across the harbor, and…
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I know. Bor. Ing. Except this time it's NOT boring, it's awesome. I'll share some stuff (and some photos I forgot to post from our trip) soon. In the meantime, look at this cool photo Kyle took of us all, dining at the Athabasca glacier where we were camped for…
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This morning Kevin and I headed over to do the Maligne Canyon hike (pronounced mah-leen). We started down at the trailhead at the Sixth Bridge and hiked up to the main trailhead (about 4.5 miles round trip). Somewhere around the Fifth Bridge the canyon starts to get all canyoney and the…
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One more shot from near Marion Lake on our steep steep hike yesterday: And today: heading to Banff!
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The rain seems to have stopped for the moment (maybe even for the whole day, according to the reports) so we left our campsite this morning and headed over to meet up with Tiffani and Deke for a nice hike. We started the trail from the trailhead here at the Illecillewaet…
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Well it seems to be a trend. We all decide to leave by 10am, and by 10am everyone is all hitched and ready. It's great to travel with a group of seasoned travelers. Here we are on the road headed to Glacier National Park: At some point there was another…
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I know, this has been all over facebook already, but I'm still going to post it here. John of The Democratic Travelers, took this fabulous group photo of us the night before we left Leigh & Brian's at Aluminogan. I love it. L to R: The Works (Josh, Jack, Jessa),…
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