Post 157: Sailing from Port Hardy to Winter Harbour – the conclusion The final legs of our sailing trip from Brown’s Bay Marina to Winter Harbour, BC. Our last post (Post: 156) described our trip from Brown’s Bay, Marina, BC to Port Hardy, BC. This is the story of the rest of the trip from
Post 156: Sailing our new sailboat to Winter Harbour The Challenge Now, we were the proud owners of a 28′ sailboat. The next step was to figure out how to get the boat from Browns Bay (near Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada) to Winter Harbour, BC Canada. This post will cover the preparations and sailing
Beautiful West Coast of British Columbia, Canada We have been on the rugged, but beautiful West Coast of Canada for over a year now. Almost everyday we see boats of all types and sizes go in and out of the harbour. Small ‘tinies’ to large commercial fishing trawlers – monohulled sailboats to 50′ catamarans, kayaks,
Post 152 – In memory of.. I would like to take a brief moment in memory of our beloved pet, Sierra. Sierra had come to us back in 2008, she was a rescue pet who was 8 months to 1 year old when she came to us. They warned us she might have issues,
Life in Winter Harbour, BC at The OutPost Living and working in Winter Harbour, BC is quite interesting and unique. Life here at The OutPost, is different from what we knew before. There are only a small handful of full time residents, along with people who come to work here during the summer. Then you
Post 150: A Snails Trail – Day 9 Port Hardy, our destination. Once there, we left Highway 19 and head towards Winter Harbour. The highway was quite decent until we got closer to Port Harty. Then the roads become only 2 lanes, and bumpy. Man we hadn’t seen anything yet lol. The big eventful turn
Post 149: A Snails Trail – Day 8 We finally arrive in Vancouver, BC. It was a very long trip with some interesting sights and events :). Arriving at a location suggested on various sites, we park behind a very small Walmart on a side street. There were trailers and truck campers lining these roads
A Snails Trail – Day 7 We missed a lot of incredible scenery due to fog and rain. But there were still some interesting sites that we did get to see. Began the day with rain which continued most of the day. Only some sunshine late afternoon. Then it went back to raining for the
A Snails Trail – Day 6 Today we left our camping spot by 8:30 am. Before we left the parking lot, we got to see two little prairie dogs, in the field about 25 ft from our truck. They are so adorable and FAST lol. We continued along the Trans Canada through the prairies. We
