Posts from ‘September, 2008’

Back in the US of A!
We made it back into the US today, with a stop in at the customs office in Friday Harbor. This was a good week, we made it back up to Alert Bay (yes I took pictures!), Princess Louisse Inlet with a really narrow entrance at a place called Malibu Rapids. [...]

In the last week I have seen so many good things. I got back to the little town called Alert Bay on the north end of Vancouver Island, a tiny village with only a few things going on. On the other had, I also spent an entire day exploring the city of Vancouver, which has [...]

Yesterday we spent the day in Victoria, BC. Even though Canada borders the US, it is such a different place. It’s insanely obvious that you are in a different country when you are there. I’m not quite sure as to why that is at this point, but I’ll be here for a couple of weeks [...]

Today marks a turning point in my life, and I’m very ready for it. After today I will step out of the past and into the future. Hoooraaaayy! I’m ready.
I can’t wait to tell you all about my new adventures.

I am now the Assistant Engineer of the M/V National Geographic Sea Lion! I’m pretty happy about the whole thing. I used cooking to get my foot in the door, now a whole great career is under way. Good things come to those who wait.
I also got to do a little more wheeling this weekend. [...]

I made another trip up Maybert road for some swimming, and made a little video to go with it.

The area is nice, the river is clean and the road is fun to drive. What more could you want?
I’m not going to be living in this area much longer, so I want to enjoy it [...]

Over the summer, while I was up in Alaska I got to go on a float plane trip.

Yup….it was good.