Things might be getting serious. Di and I said "yes" 30 years ago. We decided to mark the occasion with a nice down river cruise, and of...

Going back to the boat I was able to get a nice upgrade to Business Class, giving me plenty of space away from other passengers. In these...

The magic phrase I've been waiting for for the last 2 years. After getting "perfect" blood test results 3 days ago, I was quietly hopeful...

Off for my medical check. Results soon, hoping to be declared in complete remission. In the meantime we'll all keep our fingers, toes and...

People imagine a boat at anchorage or remote dock is a very quiet and tranquil place. In many ways it is, but in others, a complex power...

A skip and a hop away from Portland is the town of St Helens, and front of which is the island of St Helens Marine Park. We had a...

With our old obsolete GPS units that couldn't be upgraded anymore it was time for a serious refresh of the electronics in our pilothouse....

Being full time live aboard means we use the boat's system on a regular basis. I argue that's a good thing and keeps everything working....

With our cruise completed, it's time to have a quick look at "the numbers". The interesting part as far as I am concerned is that the...

The park was as wonderful as we'd remembered it, but this time mostly empty which allowed plenty of local animals to come and pay us a...

We stayed a couple of days at The Dalles: We had done another round of clearing things from our cabinets so had a large bag of donations...

A long day to get us back down to The Dalles with 2 lock transits planned: John Day and The Dalles locks. We decided to head further down...

Leaving beautiful Fish Hook behind we made way for Kennewick again, mostly as a stop to replenish our water tanks, get some decent...

We kept Fish Hook on our "must return" list, so we decided to stop again on our way back down the river. The day was easy, with just the...

Today was a day off. Enjoy the quiet marina (Boyer again) and relax. Then, seeing the beautiful dry sunny weather, I figured it'd be a...

We'd swore to avoid Lyons Ferry marina on the way back if we could, so we chose to go on the other side of the river instead at Lyons...

After a last squirrel chasing session at the park for Princess, we set off to commence our return trip, but not before heading up river...

Leaving Boyer we were less than 2 miles away from the last lock, Lower Granite Lock. I raised them on VHF 14 from the pump out station...

Little Goose Lock was only a few miles away from the marina and as we're now in winter schedule, the operator was happy to get the lock...

Welcome to the Far West. Although we've been heading mostly East since leaving Portland, the further inland we've gone the more "Far...