A couple months back while we were looking at boats and trying to zero in on which might be right for us, one of the things we did was get a tour of the Nordic Tug factory in Burlington, Washington. These are very well-made boats (as are the American Tugs,…
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We took our tandem out the other day and rode the path parallel to Marine Drive along the Columbia River. We only did about 10 miles, but it was a gorgeous 10 miles. (At home we have a shiny aluminum Santana Sovereign tandem that we sometimes ride…) The nice thing…
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Last night after dinner (clams!!) we went for a walk down on the beach. It's not a very long beach when the tide is high, so last night's walk was a little short. When we came back to the Airstream it had gotten dark enough for all the solar lights…
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Kevin got some nice footage yesterday morning (with the large hexacopter and the Sony NEX 5N) of a ship on its way into Portland. The water was glassy and the light was great. This is the Ansac Splendor, coming from Japan carrying (or picking up?) soda ash:
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Here's our festive little campsite at Skamokawa. Yesterday was my mom's birthday and we made for breakfast one of her favorites (and ours): crab cake benedict (modified, on a bed of wilted spinach instead of an english muffin) with sliced apples and fresh orange juice. It was sunny and warm…
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We're meeting up with my mom and her friend Judi today out at Skamokawa Vista Park for some ship watching and some campfires! This is one of our favorite close-ish to home spots, and we're looking forward to it!
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We're camping out in the Columbia River Gorge this week. We successfully installed our ProPride hitch yesterday afternoon (with only one trip to an auto parts store to get a couple of shorter bolts) and all seems solid there. The Airstream tows great and hitching and unhitching is fairly easy.…
Comments closedHere are three of Kevin's "Chasing Ships" videos from out at Skamokawa, WA: This is where he takes off from our campsite with the hexacopter and a Sony 5n camera and then heads out over the middle of the Columbia River and the hexacopter becomes a teeny tiny little dot…
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Here's what we did today. We had breakfast (fresh farm eggs from the farm market yesterday on top of steamed spinach, bacon, and a sprinkle of pecorino). And here's another ship, of course: We drove into Cathlamet to have lunch and stop by the market. Here's an osprey and nest…
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Distance: 16.6 miles Elapsed Time: 3:34:31 Avg Speed: 4.6 mph Max Speed: 8.7 mph We made ourselves a little figure eight around Welsh Island and Tenasillahe Island this afternoon. Fun! We saw plenty of ospreys, several herons, and one very large bald eagle. This is the southern tip of Tenasillahe Island:…
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