Ok, so as many (if not all) of you already know, we are back in San Francisco and have been here for three weeks. I can give you many reasons as to why I haven’t updated the blog since August, but what it really comes down to is that we were just having too much fun!

We had an amazing last month of our summer up north. We enjoyed our last two weeks with the girls in Southern British Columbia swimming and kayaking in the 76 degree warm water. We took hikes, played games, baked and just hung out together. We arrived in Vancouver mid August and in a flurry got Jackie ready to head to Copenhagen where she is studying for the fall semester (check out her blog at: jackieholstein.com). Sarah spent an extra week with us before returning to Boston and her final semester at Tufts – wow how did that happen so quickly!

Bill’s parents and brother joined us in Vancouver for an action packed week of island hopping filled with wine tasting, cheese tasting, beer tasting, food tasting…. (you get the idea). We visited Salt Springs Island, Vancouver Island, Victoria, San Juan Island and Orcas Island before dropping them in Seattle to fly home.

Bill got the boat ready to head south while I drove Josh down to the bay area (the North Pacific is not the place for a 12 year old dog). I returned on September 1 to celebrate our 28th anniversary and we set sail the next day from Port Angeles, WA for home.

It has been a truly amazing summer. Every part of it from living on a boat to travelling by boat has been far beyond our expectations. We can’t wait to continue our adventures south after a 5 month rest in San Francisco.

Check out the photo and map page for updates.