Route Planning
the Inside Passage
What's Next? The 2014 Cruising Season
Friday, April 11, 2014TheCambrians
The map above marks the anchorages we hope to visit along the way this year.
For the best effect, click the “satellite” button.
2014 was slated to be our sixth and final season cruising these waters and we
saved the best for last . . . Southeast Alaska . Unfortunately,
it's been a difficult winter for Sally the Dog, so we decided to limit our
cruising to more familiar areas closer to civilization
(and veterinarians).
We still hope to make it as far
north as Prince
Rupert Canada Central Coast British Columbia Southeast
Alaska in beauty with the added bonus
of no cruise ships! But, at the end of
the day, it doesn’t really matter. We’re
just looking forward to untying our lines and spending some quality time
together at anchor – just the three of us – as we accompany Sally on what looks
to be her final season.
This is a difficult time for
us. We always knew Sally couldn’t be
with us forever – it’s the nature of the beast, so to speak. But now that the end is clearly coming, it’s
harder than we ever imagined possible.
Most days we feel overwhelmed and question whether or not we’re making
the right decisions for her, especially after she has a bad day. But we’re doing the best we can, and so is
she.
Back in December when Sally was
at her worst, I didn’t think she was ever going to make it home again. But she did.
After we came back to the boat in January, I didn’t think she was going
to make the cruising season. But she
is. And now I’m not sure if she’ll ever
see her 18th birthday. But
she might. Now our only goal is to make
sure every day she has with us is the best it can possibly be. Right or wrong, our lives have become
centered around Sally and meeting her needs.
It’s not easy. And it often means
giving up things we’d like to do in order to spend time with her . . . the
cruising season is no exception.
So while there are dozens of
anchorages and places in British Columbia
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