by Dana | Jun 24, 2020 | Columbia River, Cruising Columbia River, Sauvie Island Portland Oregon
These logs weren’t ashore Sauvie Island’s shore last year. Getting hit by them in a boat would hurt!For scale: check out these spikes!We dodged this submerged log nearly the length of our boat, coming into Sauvie Island a few days ago.Location LocationDawn... by Dana | Jun 19, 2020 | Beaver Creek Falls Oregon, Columbia County Oregon hiking, PNW hiking
Beaver Creek Falls, about a 40-minute drive from St. Helens, Oregon.St. Helens Marina is a sweet and affordable spot to moor while waiting for warmer, drier, less windy weather. The town of St. Helens offers everything we need, mostly within walking distance, plus... by Dana | Jun 14, 2020 | boat leaks, boat maintenance and repair
We are no strangers to getting rain-soaked aboard our boat.This is me on our first sailboat in 2012, in route to Port Townsend, Washington.Shhhhh. Dribble.Dribble.Dribble, SLOSH.It’s pouring out today—again. Summer in the Pacific Northwest. We’re no longer... by Dana | Jun 6, 2020 | #BLM, Black Lives Matter, St. Helens Oregon, St. Helens Unity March
Black Lives Matter: St. Helens Oregon Unity March.We found out about St. Helens’ Black Lives Matter (BLM) Unity March only a few hours before the march began. Chris, a fellow marina live-aboard, told us about it. He grew up in St. Helens and was flummoxed....