On The Broomstick

We left San Francisco on April 20th, 2005 heading north to Canada spending all summer among the many islands in the inland waterway between Vancouver Island and the mainland of Canada.

Sailing back down the coast to San Francisco in September, we visited family and friends, repaired equipment, and prepared the boat for the warm weather ahead. And then it was on to San Diego, where we were joined by friends Bert and Alice Novak for a fine passage south to Cabo San Lucas.

We cruised the beautiful islands in the Sea of Cortez in the spring, and tucked Wind Witch away in San Carlos for the 2006 summer hurricane season .

During the summer we went on a road trip across the country putting over 12,000 our car, and visiting with friends and family all over the country.

We returned to the Sea of Cortez in October 2006, and spent another winter season in Mexico. In May, 2007 we put Windwitch on a dockwise transit ship that took her back up to Nanaimo for another summer in British Columbia.

We had a great summer in Canada, going up into the Broughton Islands. Wind Witch found a winter home with Lainey Volk in the San Juan Islands, and is tucked away at her dock for the winter. On September 28th, we headed home just in time for the birth of our twin grandbabies on October 5th. They came earlier than expected, but Mother and babies are doing fine.