Travel

I’ve never really been able to come up with a concrete answer for my favourite place that we encountered on our travels, despite the number of times I’ve been asked.  After all, variety is the spice of life isn’t it? …

Ever since we committed to the idea of returning home this past spring it has felt like we’ve been taking two steps forward only to follow up by taking three steps back.  This past week has been no exception although…

For our first week back in Canada we took a break from sailing, grabbed a rental car and hammered out 1708 km.  In a week me managed to have a quick visit with most of the family and even a…

Some 350 miles, 35 locks and 15 lift bridges later, we finally made it across New York State to reach Lake Erie.  The historic Erie Canal that was quite the feat over 100 years ago when it was built does…

For the past two weeks we have been moving along like clockwork, completing our final ocean passage, riding the tide up the Hudson River, un-stepping the mast and are now partway through the Erie Canal.  But the most enjoyable part…

Last week we were faced with a dilemma of a brief window to sail around Cape Hatteras with rather brisk winds on the stern and a high risk of thunder squalls or we could commit ourselves to 200 miles of…

After 3 of the most uncomfortable days we’ve had at sea we deliberated if we would continue north and round cape Hatteras or pull into our familiar stop from last year, Beaufort, North Carolina.  Despite barrelling along at 9 knots…

Having missed the last weather window to jump north by about a day, we have instead slowly explored a couple of Cays in the Abacos, while we wait out tropical storm systems passing north of us.  The past few days…

We made the decision to try a different route north through the Bahamas this year and instead of returning to the Exuma island chain despite how much we enjoyed it last year.  Instead we toured Cat island and Little San…