Hey SIRI - Where are you?

We're alive. We're sailing (mostly motoring), a lot. We're learning. We're moving and shaking down this whole living, working, cruising and boat systems deal. But man, it's taking more time than we thought, and sometimes one of the balls we're juggling falls out of the air a bit (ahem, regular blog posts, for instance).

Also, we're in Alaska!

Green Island lighthouse at the Dixon Entrance is the last Canadian lighthouse before entering U.S. waters. It's an important weather observation station for boats transiting Dixon Entrance north or south.

Since our last update on April 27 when we left our slip at Van Isle for good, we've travelled just shy of 2,000 miles which has roughly averaged around 39 miles a day. Mind you, we haven't moved every day, but we've moved a good 85-90% of the days with most days being around 30-50 miles, a few shorter, and quite a few longer. We average around 6 knots (~6.5 mph) of speed which means for an "average" day we're moving 6-7 hours plus the 2-3 hours to get the boat ready to move in the morning and then tuck the boat into wherever we're stopping for the night.

Toba Inlet in Desolation Sound, B.C., was well worth the dino-juice (diesel) burned.

Yes, it really is the most inefficient way to travel and see the world, but we get to see the places you can't get to by car or cruise ship. And the view from the road (water) is typically pretty nice, albeit sometimes very wet and chilly. One key learning? Most people don't jump up the B.C. coast to Alaska in less than 30 days, and we're understanding why. It's tiring and you miss some things along the way.

Waterfalls. So many waterfalls!

Daylight hours are long up here, so we don't catch all the sunsets.

SIRI in the big city of Vancouver for a couple nights.

First time stern tying was a success (after a little bit of faffing about).

Bishop Bay Hot Springs was worth the stop!

Le Conte Glacier was incredible.

We've seen a lot of wildlife along the way!

All this to say I'm optimistic that we're starting to find some balance in all this. We're adjusting our itinerary to build in more non-moving days over the next few weeks before we head back to Sidney for a month of boat work in preparation for heading south bound for Mexico in September. We have a lot of blog posts noodling around in our heads about the last month. When do I expect those to be ready? Unsure. Soon-ish. Not making any promises or putting a deadline on it, but I am confident in saying soon...ish.

Ford's Terror is a fjord inside of a fjord nestled between 4,000'+ snowcapped granite cliffs, and is where we are currently calling home.

In the mean time, we (Captain Ethan) usually logs our daily trip miles in an app called SeaPeople that includes a couple photos and notes about the journey. This let's us easily track distances sailed which is helpful for insurance as well as remembering where we were 3 days ago should we forget. If you want more regular, albeit erratic and frequently sarcastic, updates and pictures from Ethan, you can follow along on the free app.

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Next blog will jump back in time to right after we left our slip in Sidney and our time in Puget Sound, Washington and back up to mainland B.C., Canada. Stay tuned!

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