Mike and Beth's Adventures

August was a short cruising month for Amy Marie.  She was treated to a spa treatment at CSR South Boat Yard in Des Moines while we attended family events.  Beth headed to San Diego and Santa Rosa California and I headed to Colorado.  We reunited with Amy Marie in mid-August.  During her "spa" visit she had damaged gel coat areas repaired, heat exchangers serviced and a full exterior buff and polish.  She looked quite jaunty and proud of herself when we returned! As we planned to attend the annual PNW Ranger Tug Rendezvous in Roche Harbor in early September, we started meandering that direction.  This gave us an opportunity to re-visit some favorite destinations as well as explore some new ports of call. Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island Our first stop was Eagle Harbor.  Why?  It has a great grocery store and it is fun to walk and explore.  Town and Country Market is very close to the public dock, so a good location to perform a major resupply....

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 explorations during July 2023 were unstructured.   Our only constraint was that we arrive in Bellingham Washington by July 26th so Beth could fly to southern California for a family reunion, and I was able to welcome my daughter, her two kids, and their dog for ~ 8 days of cruising.  As you can see from the track log, we successfully met these boundary conditions and, I assure you, managed to have a wonderful time, new experiences, and meet interesting people all along the way! If you would also like to view last month's track log, please click:   June 2023 Track Log     _________________________________________________ Amy Marie in Victoria British Columbia _____________________________________________________________ Last Night in Canada Amy Marie Visits:  Victoria BC Amy Marie Visits: The South-East Coast of Vancouver Island Amy Marie Visits - Comox The Day the Diesel Died June 2023 Track Log Amy Marie Visits: Refuge Cove Amy Marie Visits: ...

Amy Marie has been a traveling gal.  Shown below are her ramblings for the month of June 2023.  

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...