by Dana | Dec 15, 2023 | adventures ashore
Beyond irreverent yet still hopelessly nostalgic, a few years ago I resorted to celebrating the festival of lights—Hanukkah—with a “Menorah” consisting of a celery stick spread with cream cheese stuffed with birthday candles. In Fort Pierce, Florida,... 
by Dana | Dec 2, 2023 | snow
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.... 
by Dana | Nov 12, 2023 | Columbia Gorge Oregon hiking, Columbia Gorge scenic highway waterfall tour, PNW hiking, Uncategorized
Ineffable. Definition: too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words. Most days. when it comes to capturing the beauty of this area—the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia Gorge—words fail me. Enjoy the photos instead. With few exceptions, since... by Dana | Sep 11, 2023 | cruising British Columbia, Uncategorized
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... 
by Dana | Sep 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...