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“Swiss Family…… Roadtrip!!!” by N&J
Whistler, BC (Sep 29/25) – This journey has been in the planning stages with N&J’s friends Sarah & Kaspar (S&K) from Bern, Switzerland …for many, many months. Back in late 2013, S&K came to British Columbia on a 3 year work assignment in Vancouver, they were looking for rental accommodations and by chance answered a ‘FOR RENT’ ad that N had posted for her condo in Vancouver. As it would happen, her condo was ‘just rented’ to another party moments earlier; but J had a condo that could be rented out (he didn’t know it at the time, until N suggested the idea and quickly decided that they would be…
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“Tempest in a Teacup” by N&J
Whistler, BC (Aug 29/25) – Balancing their busy lives between HOBBES (the ‘roadtripping/camping’ lifestyle on land) & SPIRIT BEAR (the ‘cruising/live-aboard’ lifestyle on water) keeps N&J hopping and constantly on their toes. This post talks about two minor trips on the water… but nothing is ever as it seems and there is always ‘the calm before the storm’… 🙂 Trip #1 N’s niece Haley & her boyfriend Griffen (H&G) were visiting from the Okanagan Valley for a few days to explore the usual draws of Vancouver and enjoy an adventure on Spirit Bear. The first day saw them taking the dinghy over to Granville Island, exploring the market and enjoying…
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“Best Boat with a Cat” by N&J
Vancouver, BC (Jul 12/25) – It was a classic summer day in Vancouver, cloudless blue sky, fair winds from the north-west & relatively calm seas, the ‘Spirit Bear Crew’ having prepared for this exploration with much anticipation …it was a good time to cast off and venture across the beautiful Salish Sea to Vancouver Island’s Gulf Islands. The winds picked up enough to unfurl the foresail which generated about 5 knots of speed. The tide was just turning to a flood (ie. the tide was coming in) thus a heading was set slightly south, allowing Spirit Bear to arc north-west to the intended destination of Silva Bay on Gabriola Island.…