The early morning sun beat down on me as I stepped into the zodiac, my friend Shauna beside me and two guests across. Our Tico driver, Erick, pulled away from the fantail and we shot across the crystal clear Panamanian water to the tiny isle of Granito de Oro, a small part of the Coiba…
Category: life on a boat
best of… 2014
{ring of brodgar, orkney, scotland} i thought it would be fun to read through my last year’s worth of posts and pick out some of the best/some of the most popular… and obviously some that i just LIKE, because, well, i like ’em and i wrote ’em. so, here’s a rundown of the best of…
costa rica and panama
friends! i’m back. i’m sorry it’s been ages since i posted, but i made the decision to not take my computer to the boat this time, and while that was a good decision with packing light, it was frustrating to not have to write with! you’ll have to bear with me as i go through…
summertime in southeast
it was a pretty remarkable summer up here in southeast alaska. to begin, i have to start all the way back at san diego, when we boarded the ngsb, on our way north. it was a rocky trip up the coast, one in which we rocked, and rolled, and then rocked some more. we pitched,…
autumn on the river
life moves a little slower up here in the fall. the leaves are turning, the rains are becoming a little more frequent. the ship cruises slowly past small towns, where diners and coffee shops are still corner institutions, but big names are moving in. from the tumultuous waters near astoria to the placidity of the…
some alaska panos
{gustavus dock} {low tide at lake eva during the super moon} {south sawyer glacier} {inain islands} {all forms of alaskan weather in one shot} {sunset cruising} {south sawyer glacier}
‘yaking off shaw island
the other day, my friend a and i set off in a kayak for an hour, just off icy strait south of glacier bay national park. we had to stick with the guests, but we spent the sunny day drifting with the current, watching a whale in the distance, a sea lion up close, and…
timelapse of work
//www.youtube.com/get_player i got a little bored a few weeks back and i set my gopro up at the bar to record a timelapse of cocktail hour. here’s the result… it died about halfway through… oh well.
summertime, and the livin’ is easy
pardon the overt ella fitzgerald/sublime reference, but my summer has been so far incredible. workwise, i started off with a rocky trip up the coast from san diego back in april, and we spent a solid few days in seattle with some office folk/tiny bit of shipyard maintenance before taking on guests in seattle and…