Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Illahee State Park and Phinney Bay We stopped by Illahee State Park for the first time the day before yesterday. We've always sailed right past Illahee on our way elsewhere, but since our slip wouldn't be
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Liberty Bay We arrived in Liberty Bay a few days ago. It's hard to believe it's been more than a year half since we were last in Poulsbo. We're working our way
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: When the Smoke Came After a full week of hazardous air quality, I was finally able to open up the windows again last Saturday. The middle of September was probably the most wretched experience
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Port Townsend Yesterday at 8 a.m., we rolled out of bed and started preparing for our departure. Just a few days earlier, winds had been gusting strongly out of the southeast,
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Griffin Bay Departing Friday Harbor with May in tow.After a few days spent in Friday Harbor and a visit from family, we'll be self-isolating for the next few weeks. We set
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Friday Harbor Yesterday was a beautiful, blue-sky day. We set out from Westcott Bay fairly early in the day, intent on working our way southeast around San Juan Island and heading up
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Westcott Bay (Again) We decided to retreat from Roche Harbor again, but I forgot to post that we had gone back there to begin with. Short, funny story: We retreated from Roche last
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: Dude, Where's my Anchor? It all began as we were trying to pick a movie to watch on Netflix. It was a bit after nine in the evening, and we'd been anchored in Roche
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Westcott Bay After some excitement that I'll be writing about in a separate post, we've relocated to the lovely–and much less crowded–Westcott Bay, just around the bend from Roche Harbor.
Free Post Provisioning Suddenly Sprouting Boat life does strange things to you. Like prompting you to write about sprouting seeds.
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Roche Harbor We were planning to go to Jones Island and Friday Harbor, but a combination of Jones Island's north bay being completely packed and wind and water conditions resulted in us popping over to Roche, at least for the time being.
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Clark Island We scooted over to a mooring ball on the east side of Clark Island two days ago. It was a boring trip over with no wind and currents that couldn't be avoided.
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Inati Bay Yesterday, we sailed out of Bellingham and over to Inati Bay for the first time. It's a very quiet and peaceful little place. I'm taking the opportunity to catch up
Free Post Postcards Anchor Drop: Chuckanut Bay Blackthorn drops anchor in the beautiful Chuckanut Bay in the shadow of a global crisis.