June 3, 2022 Day 7: Ketchikan to Kluth Bay: 51 miles, 883 total miles. We stayed at the hotel right until check out time and headed out for some food before we headed out. We stopped at a crepe place. It was really yummy, but also our most expensive meal out so far. After food … [Read more…]
June 2, 2022 Day 6: North Kelp Passage to Ketchikan, Alaska. 122 miles. 832 total miles. We pulled anchor around 7:00 AM and off we went to Prince Rupert for fuel. We were still a little nervous about the gas situation, but we were all feeling better than we were the night before. We pulled … [Read more…]
June 1, 2022 Day 5: Wigham Cove to North Kelp Passage Cove: 177 miles. 710 total miles. We have a good weather window to cross Dixon Entrance Thursday June 2, so we are in somewhat of a hurry. So we woke up around 6:00 AM, made some oatmeal for breakfast and pulled anchor around 7:00 … [Read more…]
May 31, 2022 Day 4: Port McNeill to Wigham Cove 180 miles. 533 total miles. We needed to make an early start so we could do our big ocean crossing today, Queen Charlotte Sound. We left Port McNeill at 6:40 AM. Most of the trip is pretty protected from the main ocean. It definitely can … [Read more…]
May 30, 2022 Day 3: Henry Bay to Port McNeill 144 miles. 353 total miles. We pulled anchor about 7:30 AM and did a quick drive into Comox to get some fuel. I think this has been the most expensive fuel we’ve gotten. When we first pulled into Comox it seemed like a small fishing … [Read more…]
May 29, 2022 Day 2: Prevost Harbor to Henry Bay: 126 miles. 208 miles total. I was awake by 6:00 AM. Once I’m awake I don’t like staying in bed especially when I am sharing a bed about the size of a full with two other kids. As soon as I got up everyone else … [Read more…]
May 28, 2022 Edmonds to Prevost Harbor: 82 miles. I thought I would be able to publish updates somewhat as they happened, turns out, it won’t be quite so live. Taking care of Ellen is a full time job on the boat. She naps on me. She goes to bed when we all do, and … [Read more…]
Planning for this trip has taken up a huge part of our brains for the past several months. It was last summer we realized this trip was possible, but we didn’t really start planning until January of 2022. Reading the C-brats forum has been super useful in knowing ways to outfit our boat, and reading … [Read more…]
We are boating to Alaska! We are taking our 22 foot C-Dory cruiser from Edmonds, Washington to Juneau, Alaska this summer. Chris has a small sabbatical from work this year which makes boating there possible. We will also be staying in Juneau for a while so Chris can “work from home”. During that time we … [Read more…]
Watson/Anderson Lakes- Pass-Northwest Forest Pass Difficulty-3.5/5 (kids rating) Rating-5/5 Summer is coming to a close so over the Labor Day Holiday we decided to say goodbye to summer in an epic way, a family backpacking trip! There was so much we wanted to do this summer; so much we accomplished this … [Read more…]
Sares Head- .75 miles there and back. 150 elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1/5 Rating-5/5 Chris’ dad, Bryan, teaches at a college in Arizona so every summer he has off. Chris’ mom, Nadine is a stay at home, and his siblings, Michael and Brianna are/were in high school. Since everyone has the summer … [Read more…]
Trail to the Cedar Grove on Long Island 2 miles, limited elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1/5 Rating-2/5 Ever since we got our kayaks we thought doing a kayak camping trip would be awesome! We wanted our kayak trip to basically be a backpacking trip, but instead of hiking we would paddle … [Read more…]
North Fork Trail Head-Wolf Bar Camp 5 miles out and back (2.5 miles each way). Little elevation gain. Pass-Get back country permits for camping at South Shore Quinault Lake Ranger Station Difficulty-1/5 Rating-5/5 Chris and I really enjoy backpacking together and we have been looking forward to making a family … [Read more…]
Second Beach- 4 miles out and back. 350 elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-2/5 Rating-5/5 When I was in high school my parents took a trip to the Oregon coast. Since they took that trip I knew I had to go to the Pacific Northwest Coast. After reading Twilight after I graduated … [Read more…]
Ape Caves- 2.8 miles there and back, 350 feet elevation gain Pass-Northwest Forest Pass (you also need a flashlight or a lantern, if you don’t bring your own you have to pay to use one of theirs.) Difficulty-1/5 Rating-5/5 This Labor Day we decided to leave town and head south! … [Read more…]
