Galley Wench Tales

Exploring the world through the people we meet
and the food they eat.

1st Snow of 2023: The Dalles, Oregon

Just enough snow to gently give us our first taste of winter; enough to be pretty, not so much to be a nuisance. Let the holidays begin! (Will post the official day-after-Thanksgiving Starlight Parade soon....

Sailing in Fog

  The calm, clear anchorage from the night before transformed into the morning to a dense fog. We picked our way past the boats we remembered parked next to us the night before, toward the ferry dock, and from there toward shore and the dinghy dock. Port Townsend...
Sailing!

Sailing!

We (still) no longer own a boat. We’re fortunate our friends Chris and Chris generously let us join them on their sail into Canada.* They’ve penciled in a month for their trip from Seattle up into British Columbia’s Desolation Sound. We’re...
Dirt Dweller with Itchy Feet Returns

Dirt Dweller with Itchy Feet Returns

My dirty face inspired Wayne, who rarely snaps photos, to take this one of me a few days ago. Amazingly, my baseball cap dates back to 2013; won from Jacksonville Florida’s Ortega Landing Marina (now “Port 32 Jacksonville at Ortega Landing”) after my...