Mike and Beth's Adventures

Victoria Inner Harbor Shown below is the track log for Amy Marie's summer of 2023 Pacific Northwest travels.  We have thoroughly enjoyed our nautical exploration of  the coastal waters of British Columbia and Washington State.     In the 33 months since we purchased Amy Marie, she has carried up over 10,000 miles.  This little tug has been quite an adventure machine!  She transported us 7200 miles on our year long loop of the eastern coast of North America in addition to exploring the Pacific Northwest summer of 2021 and again this summer. Links to our Pacific Northwest Travel Blog postings: Amy Marie is on the move! Amy Marie Visits: San Juan Island Amy Marie Visits - Deer Harbor, Orcas Island Amy Marie Visits - Stuart Island Amy Marie Visits: Pender Island and Bedwell Harbor Amy Marie Visits: Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island BC Amy Marie visits: Sidney Spit Amy Marie Visits: Mill Bay and Cowichan Bay Amy Marie Visits: Sidney, Vancouver Island Amy M...

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...