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WEST COAST WANDERING
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THE BLOG
here we blather about what we have done, what we are doing, and maybe even what we will do
blog posts are published in ascending order - oldest at the bottom, newest at the top!
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etoporow
Sep 13, 202213 min read
there and back again
as i start this post, i am heaving a big sigh - it's over! last we left off was 100 day, which was splendid. not only were the...
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etoporow
Aug 21, 20221 min read
100 Day!
we made it 100 days! gifts, cake, and icing (tinted with beet juice! 🤫)
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etoporow
Aug 20, 202217 min read
kettles and quarter berths
(a continuation of kynoch - again, i've already typed this out once, so my apologies if it lacks some soul) the bumper chair! after...
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etoporow
Aug 19, 20227 min read
a thousand wishes
hello everyone! holy radio silence, i know! we haven't had more than a shred of service since we left klemtu last i left off - well,...
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etoporow
Jul 27, 202216 min read
khutze
our next stop after klemtu was khutze inlet, and it turned out to be one of the most fantastic places we’ve come to so far. and for the...
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etoporow
Jul 26, 202217 min read
klem one, klemtu
i realized with a jolt after the last post that i’ve been lying to you all this time. we actually have been along this stretch of the...
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etoporow
Jul 12, 202211 min read
where wolves have been
(continued….) the morning in home bay started out with a flim by me (flim = flail + swim) that nobody else challenged - a break of...
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etoporow
Jul 12, 202211 min read
into the labyrinth
after a hectic morning of a too-late breakfast and a water/fuel top-up, we left port mcneill. rafiki rode the tide out around the end of...
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etoporow
Jul 8, 20221 min read
a brief update
hello all! just a quick update: we are currently in pruth bay at the end of kwakshua channel, anchored in front of the hakai research...
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etoporow
Jul 2, 20229 min read
strait up
quadra to port mcneill - for scale, its ~84 km from sayward to PM as the crow flies we've been hustling up the strait for the last week...
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etoporow
Jun 28, 202212 min read
lubbin'
have we ever been landlubbers since the last post! we arrived on quadra saturday mid-day after a *very* late sleep in - like an all-time...
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etoporow
Jun 22, 20228 min read
unscheduled
ahh, how good it feels to have our formal commitments behind us and officially be free of obligation! don't get me wrong, those...
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etoporow
Jun 15, 202212 min read
splendour and glamour
i last left off in pender harbour after crossing the salish sea, only a week ago now but it seems an age! it has been a busy, fulfilling...
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etoporow
Jun 7, 20223 min read
dodecahedron
if you've ever thought it might be bland to stare at the sea day after day, i can assure you, it is not. this salty surface we call home...
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etoporow
Jun 6, 20229 min read
pender to pender
it was a thrill to turn our backs on sidney and start heading northwards, in the direction of our ultimate goal: alaska! while we are...
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etoporow
Jun 1, 202212 min read
where have we been?
it's a good question... we've been out three weeks today and it feels like a lifetime. we left false creek on a rainy wednesday morning,...
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etoporow
May 29, 20228 min read
sid's sixth birthday (may 23)!
this one is for you, grandparents! i decided to give this one its own post, because a) the last one was getting quite long, and b) it was...
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etoporow
May 28, 20229 min read
a busy weekend on the town
guys, i know, i haven't been as productive as i ought to be in terms of updates, but as i said to my dad today: the blog is about the...
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etoporow
May 23, 20227 min read
downwind to vancouver
our route from comox to vancouver thursday morning dawned clear and calm-ish. the wind settled down somewhat in the night, with sleeps...
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etoporow
May 20, 20225 min read
rugged shores, and a mystery solved
i guess we have to concede to the fact that sleeping a whole night through isn't likely to happen until we live back on land. the...
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