July 2019

Bill Proctor has lived all of his 85 years in the Broughton area. He worked as a logger, trapper and fisherman for many years. Later… Read More »Billy Proctor’s Museum

That this native village , better known today as New Vancouver, exists is a testament to the vision and determination of one man. A combination… Read More »Tsatsisnukwomi

After hearing the sad story of Port Harvey, I thought you might enjoy seeing a marina that is thriving. Lagoon Cove, run by the Ryan… Read More »Alive and Well

We had to cheat a little on the “run rapids at slack” rule in order to get to the Broughtons today. We hit Green Point… Read More »The Zombie Marina

We ran the Gillard and Dent rapids early and uneventfully, bound for Blind Channel marina. This will be our last stop before heading into the… Read More »Getting close!

Did you have story problems when you were in school? Microsoft used to think that the ability to solve them was a good measure of… Read More »A Story Problem

Another out-of-order post, sorry. While we waited out the weather in Pender Harbor, we used our “day off” to do a few boat chores, then… Read More »Pender Harbor Layover

Unless a road is a loop, it has to end somewhere, right? Well, Highway 101 which runs from California to Oregon to Washington to British… Read More »The End of the Road

If you try to plan a boat voyage like you plan most other trips, you will probably wind up very unhappy. Like an early start?… Read More »The Merits of Opportunism

When I was a kid, I thought it was “anchors away”. It makes as much sense, don’t you agree? We left Anacortes this morning in… Read More »Anchors Aweigh