Travel Beyond. Journey Within
“Oh, we will just give her a good clean, a fresh lick of paint, build a second cabin and be out sailing in 4 to 6 weeks max.” That was pretty much one year ago to the day. Oh how naïve we were. It’s been quite a year and quite the journey to get to this point, but I’m…
Or can I bring it (/this website) back to life? So it’s been a little while. Life has been busy, as it always is. But lately, I’ve been thinking about reviving this website… We had this website created for us by a very talented graphic design a friend way back in 2018 when I thought our adventures were beginning. And…
What is cold water swimming and why am I obsessed with it?! Cold water swimming has gained popularity in recent years and for good reason, it has a huge array of benefits, both mental and physical!
I’m 29 and I’ve been married 0 times… Getting engaged in front of sea lions and whales!! When I was in high school I was pretty convinced I was going to be alone forever. I distinctly remember telling my best friend at the time, I must have been about 14 years old, that I was going to become a nun…
Drybag or Backpack? …What if you didn’t have to choose? Something that both our jobs (working aboard an expedition ship) as well as our daily life (doing things like paddle boarding, diving, hiking and living on the west coast of BC) all have one common theme… A whole lot of fun! Well, more seriously (and relevant to this article)…water. Water…
10 days. 2 people. 800 square feet… …and one awesome whale watching deck If you’d read my earlier post about the Great Bear, you’ll know that our plans to build a deck were postponed earlier in the year due a weather event that thwarted the delivery of the materials. Myself and Steve are not ones to leave a job unfinished so…
What would you do with 42 hours of daylight in Iceland? Now this blog must be prefaced with the fact that we did not fly all the way to Iceland for just 2 days and similarly, we are not advocating that you can ‘see it all’ in two days. This is simply all the time that we had after we…
We were on the phone to Janie, good friend and lead researcher at the North Coast Cetacean Society. She was confirming what we had feared, The Barge Didn’t Come. Me and Steve were meant to be building a deck for the new research outpost on Fin Island. We had driven rather than flown so we could carry all our…
A Love Affair that Never Ended London, December 2016 I remember standing at the airport in London, my heart beating so fast I thought it was going to leap out of my chest. There was somewhere between a slight smile and a manic grin on my face that I could not get rid of if I tried. My head flipped…
Starting the year in Indonesia and ending it in Antarctica pretty much sums up 2018 for us! A year of travel, adventure and training. A year of firsts, of solidifying existing love and building new friendships. Of visiting new places and those that are so familiar they feel like home.
