There are so many things we love about cruising in the Pacific Northwest – glaciers, fjords and white sand beaches to name a few. But one thing that tops both of our lists is natural hot springs. David and I can’t get enough of them but for different reasons. I love being in the water and have been accused of being a fish a time or two in...

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Welcome to another installment of the ‘Alphabet Photography Project’ a blog-hop sponsored by PODcast where each week I’ll post a picture that represents a letter of the alphabet and write a short blog about it. This week’s letter is ‘j’ and there were a lot nautical words to choose from.   Coming in at the top of my list was “jetsam” because I have a great picture of...

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David told me once, “You need to find a hobby.” I don’t remember the context of the conversation, but I imagine I was appropriately offended at the time. Still, I took his advice to heart and over the years discovered several things I enjoy doing: knitting, kayaking, hiking, writing and, most recently, sketching. My interests wax and wane. I love knitting but there are only so many hats,...

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It took a couple of days for the conditions in Chatham Strait to improve, but our patience paid off and we got the break in the forecast we were looking for on Sunday. We upped anchor early, before 5 am, and made our way back out into the strait. The days are growing shorter now and we no longer have 24 hours of light but it’s still bright...

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As it turned out, we wouldn’t be able to find our way out of the rain. Not for very long, anyway. We left Inian Cove in the morning, taking full advantage of the current (which can run over 3 knots) in North Passage and made our way back to Icy Strait and an anchorage on the northern end of Chichagof Island called Spasski Bay. The anchorage was nothing...

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Low clouds and rain moved into the Gulf of Alaska, putting a damper on our last days in Glacier Bay.  The rugged, snow-capped mountains that line the inlet where no longer visible so we used our remaining time to slowly make our way south, stopping in Blue Mouse Cove and Fingers Bay as we did. Neither anchorage was remarkable under the existing conditions, but it was easy to...

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A lot about our personal lives stays in the background of the blog: Who we really are as people. What makes us tick. Along with much of the time, effort, and amount of preparation we put into every passage, every day and every season . . . especially David. As the captain of Cambria and the one ultimately responsible for the safety of our vessel and crew, he...

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