We were heading into our last week aboard the Gyrfalcon. July 17 (Day 17: East of Eden to Pierre’s at Echo Bay to Simoom Sound) We spent a leisurely morning in East of Eden, then headed up Fife Passage.  We stopped in Deep Bay (loop in drawing above) to check it out.  Our impression was…

July 9 (Day 9:  Day at Pierre’s Echo Bay) Our guests for the first week were gone.  This is was our day by ourselves at Echo Bay.  We did laundry, cleaning, projects, etc.  All in all a good day. One thing about our guests: they’re always generous with clothing donations.  After guests leave, we invariably…

This is a long (almost a year) overdue series of blogs.  A lot has happened.  I (Nancy) had been transferred to San Francisco in the beginning of 2016 when my employer closed up shop in Seattle.  Trying to work in SF and maintain the boat in Seattle was challenging.  Even so, we managed to get…

It’s been awhile since we updated the blog.  We’ve gone on a few trips, and made some more upgrades. Here are the highlights of the last half of 2015 and the first half of 2016:  Lots of pictures, not much text. Big improvement in the wheelhouse:  A new floor.  We chose a cork floor.  So…

Week Three Here’s an overview of Desolation Sound (screenshot of Google Maps).  We started the third week anchored in the east part of Desolation Sound, anchored on a bay on the mainland of BC. We also thought those of you not familiar with this area might want the big picture of where we’ve been.  Here’s…

  Sunday July 5, 2015 – Teakerne Arm:  We had haze in the morning – which thickened all day. There was no wind.  The sun stayed a bright orange ball in the sky. The haze was caused by smoke from forest fires on Vancouver Island. The wind was blowing the smoke due East to Desolation…

We realized that some of you might like to see our route as we headed north towards Desolation Sound.  This post is an accompaniment to Week 1.

Our long summer trip for 2015 was to Desolation Sound in July.  We had 3 sets of guests, each for a week.  Week 1 was Jacqueline, her daughter Emily, and Tom and Jessica.  Week 2 was Susan and David.  Week 3 was Randy and Peggy.  We had never been to Desolation Sound, so we spent…

Note:  This blog is written by Nancy, with help from Jessica’s timeline.  Pictures are by Tom, Jessica, David, Susan, Peter, and Nancy.  Commentary in italics is by Peter.  Day 3 (Monday, Aug 25th): Mid-morning After paddling over the the Adventuress, Jessica and I returned to the Gyrfalcon.  Jessica demonstrated the most elegant kayak exit yet–she…

Note:  This blog is written by Nancy, with help from Jessica’s timeline.  Pictures are by Tom, Jessica, David, Susan, Peter, and Nancy.  Commentary in italics is by Peter.  I (this is Nancy) am writing this blog to give Peter a break.  Also because this trip was my first excursion as the solo captain, other than…