What should you do when the Alberta government gives you (and 51,000 other teachers) lemons? Fly to the island to spend a week knocking boat projects off the list? Yes, please! Well, in an unexpected turn of events, Alberta teachers actually did end up striking. Truly, I didn't think it would come down to it and no one was more surprised than I was to actually experience a labor strike firsthand. In the days leading up to strike action, Brad was really encouraging me to hop

A few months have passed since I last took to the keyboard to finishing writing about our summer adventures! A lot has happened since then, but why don't I start by picking up where we left off? We arrived back to Maple Bay Marina early August after five weeks cruising the Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, and Desolation Sound. It was an incredible adventure filled with a ton of learning and undoubtedly, memories that will last a lifetime. We got to share our sailing life with ne

This was a LONG day. It was also  whale-y day, but you might deduce how long of a day it was from my failing to mention the whales first…...

Our next day with Nat and Al took us to Squirrel Cove, a familiar anchorage that we stayed at on a previous charter. Before settling on...

Once again, Unwin Lake delivered! My memory of this big, freshwater lake tucked in near Tenedos Bay was one of low cloud cover, drizzly...

Super Sailors, Reunited! Happy to leave Harmony Islands behind us (my unpopular opinion: this place is overrated), we set sail for Powell...