We saw way more white pelicans at the north end of the Swinomish Channel than we recall ever seeing before! Hundreds... This guy looks a...

One crab. Seriously! Sure looks like overharvesting to us. ToG spent the last two nights anchored in Deer Harbor, Orcas Island. Nick got...

Grilled pizza using our new stones! One personal pizza per tile. Worked great. We took our usual walk out of Ganges and around to a small...

Aris in Garrison Bay (beautiful Mystic Blue hull!): ToG and Aris departed Sidney on Tuesday August 1st to head north around Saanich...

Still. No. Crab. I forgot to mention that we took care of some boat business while we were in Friday Harbor. We began the process some...

We've had a wonderful week in Friday Harbor! Sierra was able to take a couple of spins on her paddle board. We arrived last Saturday and...

We began visiting Lopez Island over 30 years ago, starting out camping at Spencer Spit. Back in the day, Lopez Island Creamery had a cart...

We lunched at San Juan Brewing on Sunday. This photo is to remind us that we really like the Foxtail Hazy Pale better than Yachter's...

ToG from our hike to the schoolhouse and T-shirt shop: Looking out to Reid Harbor: When we were talking with the bio-survey crew, Nick...

This morning we watched this boat and crew doing a bio-survey...more about that in a minute. After three days and nights of almost...

As you can see from the image, Sucia Island Sate Park, usually referred to in the singular, is actually a group of islands. It is quite...

ToG arrived in La Conner yesterday to find the entire marina reserved for yacht clubs. So, we used our secret weapon - the American Tug...

No, we didn't see brown pelicans. Our son and family are camping in Canon Beach and this is his photo of my favorite birds! Our second...

Have fun creating your own caption! “Can’t we all just get along?” “You go.” “No, you go.” “No, you go!” “You’re not a sailboat with a...

Above: Looking across Jarrell Cove, from the innermost park dock, toward Jarrell's Cove Marina. Garmin Fix & Orcas We returned from our...

Yes. I've witnessed this a couple of times now and it's kind of disturbing. The gulls tend to stand around for a while with the sea stars...

We did get out for a nice walk on Friday when it finally stopped raining for a while in the afternoon. Nick ended up running the engine...

We took a kayak paddle Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately, Nick’s paddle disappeared over night. The wind kicked up at some point and it...

ToG is away again! We anchored in Gig Harbor yesterday to enjoy time with friends (Lady KD) and maybe family (Hydrolisk) this weekend....