Mike and Beth's Adventures

Our summer of 2023 is being spent in a relentless, unstructured exploration of the waters of the Pacific Northwest.  We have ~16 weeks to visit, enjoy and experience as many corners of these wonderful cruising grounds as we can reach.  Our methodology is different than that employed on previous cruises.  Most frequently we have a destination in mind and our course is logically plotted so we can arrive at a particular time.  Destination focused cruising does not allow for much wandering off in different directions to visit landmarks, points of interest, cities, villages, bakeries, and pubs of renown.   In 2023 we intend to amble.  Our path will be northward until it is time to turn around and return to our port of origin, Kingston Washington.  As we travel, we will chat up whomever we encounter, read guidebooks, watch YouTube videos, and use other sources to make decisions about where to wander next.  This is not a trek.  It is more immer...

Free Public Pier at Mill Bay We docked here to get provisions in town We departed Tod Inlet the morning of June 6 th to move northward.  At lunchtime we stopped in Mill Bay, at the Public Dock to eat lunch and provision.  On the walk to town, we passed homes and cottages nestled in the trees with nice views overlooking the bay. After walking less than a kilometer, we reached our destination, a nice shopping center on the left-hand side of the road.  Just about anything you might need was conveniently located in one easy to access location.  It was a cruiser’s dream! Beth is carrying provisions back to the boat Amy Marie at the Mill Bay Free Public Dock   Our first stop was Subway for lunch.  The menu was all new and quite tasty.  Beth had a salad, and I had a BBQ beef brisket sandwich.  Following lunch, Beth visited the grocery store to replenish our food supplies and I visited the liquor store to replenish our wine supplies.  We try to ...