tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21977595116195149152024-03-17T08:11:11.848-04:00Blowin' Bubbles Our Story ~ 2011-2019After 9 years of planning, and 4 years of preparation, we are finally on the adventure of a lifetime... On July 1st 2014 we left Ontario Canada setting out on an adventure that might just take us around the world.... This blog is a chronical of not only our trip but the work that went into getting us and our Dufour 12000ct Ketch rigged sailboat ready.... Enjoy... We are happy to share our adventures...Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.comBlogger444125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-69960028394953399412022-04-06T22:28:00.003-04:002022-04-06T22:28:51.572-04:00Big Changes!<p> After 2 long years of Covid-19 the world has turned into a crazy place. Half the people in the world don’t believe the pandemic is/was real, the other half seem to be using it as an excuse to send inflation through the roof! Either way, Shelley and I have been lucky enough to be gainfully employed here at Ganges Marina on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada.</p><p>Just before Christmas on December 7th I was looking after a problem on the break wall of the marina when a freak accident happened and I was crushed under a piece of equipment and broke my back in 5 places (3 breaks in the thoracic spine and 2 breaks in the lumbar spine, plus 3 more broken ribs bringing the grand total to 27 breaks over 10 ribs in two accidents!)</p><p>I was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital where thanks to some amazing surgeons and hospital staff I now have two rods and 8 screws holding me mostly back together. We spent Christmas in a hotel room in Sidney BC because I could not get on or off Blowin’ Bubbles. Early in the new year we returned to the marina where I am still recovering (more slowly than I would like). The downside is that I am still having trouble getting around so we made the difficult decision to accept an offer from a lovely couple from Alberta, Canada to purchase the boat from us.</p><p>As a part of the deal we agreed to purchase their 27’ travel trailer where we are now living here at the marina. In April we signed a contract for another year and we are hoping that in that time I can heal a little more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBUNprKtgpdARgjwZECe6sj5kVSNwBZvnye5Ns41ejB-H_Q4hnxnzRp3F_LyYf8MQ6Ji_eVvzFQyUTE1ZgQG9OrbAN7sF3RUBfZl_e_h-p8nkMxZMtIHlQDCucuYEP7TwK4upJilPqZK6rSfACG0kTUi_u4rvziok7aDacHmIrHchoOL2CEoLjG9b/s1185/A5DF0D18-FAC5-44E1-B303-4F50BADEE6E1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1185" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBUNprKtgpdARgjwZECe6sj5kVSNwBZvnye5Ns41ejB-H_Q4hnxnzRp3F_LyYf8MQ6Ji_eVvzFQyUTE1ZgQG9OrbAN7sF3RUBfZl_e_h-p8nkMxZMtIHlQDCucuYEP7TwK4upJilPqZK6rSfACG0kTUi_u4rvziok7aDacHmIrHchoOL2CEoLjG9b/w400-h269/A5DF0D18-FAC5-44E1-B303-4F50BADEE6E1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have no idea what the future holds for us but we both know just how lucky we are to have what we have and live the way we do. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We thank everyone who has followed us over the last 8 years. As our adventures unfold going forward we hope to share that here on our blog.</div>Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-11127795998310965262020-02-25T18:21:00.001-05:002020-02-26T11:44:51.506-05:00Our New Home (For Now)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After almost 6 years and 40,000 nautical miles Blowin' Bubbles is in her new home. Shelley and I have taken a contract to run <a href="https://www.gangesmarina.com/" target="_blank">Ganges Marina</a> on <a href="https://www.saltspringtourism.com/" target="_blank">Salt Spring Island</a>.<br />
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We will be living on Blowin Bubbles in the marina and use that time to give her the TLC she needs. Technically, she is for sale here: <a href="https://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/84576">https://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/84576</a> if the right people come along we will let her go to a new home and then look for a different boat...<br />
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If you find yourselves in the Vancouver Island area please drop by and say hello!<br />
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The web address for the Ganges Marina is here: <a href="https://www.gangesmarina.com/">https://www.gangesmarina.com/</a><br />
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The owners have committed to rebuilding many of the docks and renovating the washrooms. This is a big investment into the marinas future and we are excited to be a part of this new chapter in our lives.<br />
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<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-54875986890199388212019-12-16T16:42:00.000-05:002019-12-16T16:42:14.735-05:00Merry Christmas - 2019Merry Christmas to everyone! It really has been an eventful year and we are happy to report that we are home on our boat hoping for a quiet Christmas... We took a quick trip to Ontario this month and looked after a bunch of stuff there...<br />
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Highlights included our daughter having her first child, making us grandparents for the 4th time! We also were lucky enough to see our oldest granddaughter score her first goal ever in ringette...<br />
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We also house sat for some friends and took care of some doctors appointments and lab tests and we are recovering very well...<br />
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On our way home we stopped in Vancouver to see our youngest daughter who took us to see the German Christmas Market... <br />
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Yesterday we got Blowin' Bubbles ready for Christmas...This is a special time of year...<br />
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After the last post we are happy to report that Shelley is healing VERY WELL! We have the accident behind us now and hope to find something to keep us busy here on the west coast after we get home from our visit to Ontario next month.</div>
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Our great friends, who own <a href="https://www.groundhogdivers.com/" target="_blank">Groundhog Divers in Kitchener Ontario</a> are taking a group of divers on a scuba diving trip and we are looking after their store and taking the opportunity to see our children and grandchildren who live in Ontario.</div>
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October 23, 2019, exactly one year since almost dying in <a href="https://benger.blogspot.com/2018/11/finally-long-update-and-big-thank-you.html" target="_blank">a motorcycle accident in Indonesia</a> we are back in Canada after a long recovery road for Kyle and a very long sail home.<br />
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We had settled our boat at a dock in Thetis Island, British Columbia a couple days before. The locals here told us that it was a quick 15 minute dingy ride to the town of Chemainus on Vancouver Island. Being a beautiful sunny morning with nice flat sea we decided to go visit he town.<br />
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The day before we looked on a Google Earth image to see exactly which direction to go and where to park the dingy on the other side. We noted the log booms in the picture of the Harbour. The log companies have been on strike around her for a while so logs were piling up. It was weird but I had a dream the night before that on the way we hit a log and flew out of the dingy. I mentioned this to Kyle and we both kept a good lookout for wood on the water along the ride over.<br />
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We had a nice walk around town looking at all the murals painted on the buildings. But Kyle was feeling under the weather. His recurring rib pain was really bothering him. So we decided to return to Bubbles. At the dock I told Kyle to give me his bag with the phones in it to put in the dry bag so they did not get wet. He said he wasn’t planning on going in the water, I said no one ever plans to go overboard. He complied. The weather was still good. We had a clear view and watched for logs again. This next part to me is fuzzy. Kyle would tell me later that he just felt the throttle being ripped out of his hand for no reason. Likely a submerged dead head or even a seal under water as there are lots around here. We will never know. It all happened so fast.<br />
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I remember the boat starting to take a sharp turn, I looked back at Kyle to see why we were turning and at that moment flew out the dingy. I felt cold, then. I put my hand up and felt the bottom of the dingy. What I did not know at the time was that between the looking back and the feeling of cold I had been run over by the dingy. It sliced my face open then my right arm and jacket must have got caught up in the propeller. I tried to breath but felt freezing cold water enter my throat. I thought to myself remembering being sea sick in the bad weather coming from Japan that I prayed to my sister to watch over us and keep us safe so I could get to Vancouver and see Kelly. I had just spent the past couple weeks with her. Was this it? Had I gotten my wish but now it was over?<br />
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I knew I had to fight or I was going to die here. And I knew if I died here, so would Kyle, and so would a piece of all those who love us because I know the terrible feeling of lose. So I began to fight. I tried to get my zipper undone to get out of my clothes to get out of the water. I do not know how long I fought. Time is funny in these situations. Then as I was kicking up. I saw the light. I thought I was at the surface so I took a breath but no it was water again. But Kyle told me later that all he could see was my feet and he could not get my head above water. He knew I was stuck but needed to figure out how to save me. So he had pushed me down under the propeller in I order to get me unwrapped from the prop. It worked. And as he did this time I felt air on my face. I heard Kyle screaming at me” you are not going. To die on me, damn it you are not going to die on me” .<br />
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With that, I finally breathed some real air and felt for the handle on the side of the dingy to hold on. Kyle was trying really hard to pull himself back up out of the water into the boat. I could see the pain, fear, shock on his face. I felt my arms getting week, my body succumbing to hyperthermia.<br />
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I tightened my grasp on the dingy handle and started cheering Kyle on. “ you can do it Kyle, get in the boat, you can save us, I need you to get us both out of the water, we are not dying today Kyle.” He started cheering us on too. We had to talk our way thru the shock. He pulled with all his strength. I could see the pain on his face. I kicked my feet as hard as I could to ty to help but I was so weak, so very cold. I just kept saying get me out of the water Kyle and he kept saying I am not letting you die on me, Finally I landed in the boat. Kyle said you are bleeding bad,,I could agin see the shock building. So cheerleaders it was we talked ourselves to shore. At some point Kyle started the engine and aimed the boat back towards town. We were about 7 minutes away, freezing. I knew every time Kyle looked at my face with the skin from my check hangin down that it was not good so I just kept making him look out away from me. “ look for logs Kyle, can you see the dock Kyle, we are going to make it Kyle, when we reach the dock call 911 from the phone in my dry bag Kyle.” I was talking to keep both our shocks at bay.<br />
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When we reached the dock Kyle could barely move. He rolled out of the dingy on to the dock obviously in a great deal of pain. I grabbed the chain and threw it over the dock so I would not float back out to sea. I threw the dry bag at him and told him to call 911. I was still sitting in a puddle of cold water bleeding profusely. Kyle found the phone and dialed. I heard him trying to tell the operator where we where. I saw a man walk by. Was he really going to walk right by. Kyle yelled at him, as he held the phone towards the man he said, can you tell the ambulance where we are . The man then took a good look at us and realized we were in trouble<br />
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I felt Kyle pulling my cold wet sweater off and a man was over me placing his warm sweater on top of me. I said “ no I do not want to get my blood on your sweater and ruin it” Kyle laughed and said just take it shelley you are cold. Then the man said the ambulance is here. It got a little fuzzy again. Noting we had help I let go a little. I remember bumping up the dock on a stretcher, them cutting my clothes away and putting warm packs and blankets all over me, they poked me a dozen times in different areas of my body trying to find a vein but I was too cold. They finally stuck a needle in my shoulder. I could hear a man say to Kyle take your wet clothes off we will give you scrubs and blankets. I just remember saying I am cold, I am cold, I am really cold. And I could hear Kyle saying “I love you, you are not dying on me, the deal is I get to die first remember, I cannot do it without you.”<br />
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Once I was finally being cared for and warming in the hospital the nurse and I had to beg Kyle to go get his own X-ray and check up. He refused to leave me until he knew I was going to be okay. He was being my rock now. Once he met my surgeon and got more reassurance about my state of health he finally went to get checked out. I think his chest X-rays scared the staff. They had never seen such “ messed up ribs”. With the old damage they could not tell new damage so we have to send them for comparison with the old ones from a few months ago. I am sure all his pulling on me hurt him greatly.<br />
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But we are alive still ! When we got back to the boat last night the neighbors cat must have followed me in. This darling little white kitty was laying on my bed, I looked at it and thought, yup that is 2 of out 9, no more of that please.<br />
<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-29629851983166385842019-10-20T20:39:00.000-04:002019-10-20T20:51:42.330-04:00Off To Thetis Island...Fall is definitely upon us and over the last few weeks the colors have been spectacular!<br />
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After 3 VERY busy weeks in Vancouver we pulled anchor yesterday and made our way about 40 nautical miles to Thetis Island Marina located on Thetis Island between Vancouver Island and the mainland. This is where we may stay for the next few months after we head to Ontario at the end of November to see the rest of our family and take care of some overdue doctor appointments. We hadn't been docked an hour when we were invited to a pot luck dinner where we met a number of the island residents... What a fun place so far!<br />
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Our time in Vancouver was great fun. We went with our daughter Kelly to the Richmond Night Market where we enjoyed a bunch of Asian street food and a carnival like atmosphere...<br />
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Shelley and I spent time with one of Shelley's cousins (she has over 200 of them!) who helped us get oriented with our new surroundings. We also had a lovely meal with some dear friends, Lee & Eva and their amazingly cute daughter, Annabelle.<br />
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Last week, Shelley's BFF, Dana flew all the way from Texas to visit so we spent almost the whole time being tourists in and around Vancouver.<br />
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We rented a car and drove a few hours to Whistler, BC which was one of the homes of the 2010 Winter Olympics. We both have memories of Whistler being a small, hedonistic, ski-bum village from back in the early 80's.... Boy are those days over! Today, Whistler is the location of million dollar homes and 5 star resorts where the wealthy come to play...<br />
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We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving with Kelly & Ethan with turkey and all the trimmings.<br />
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We also visited a bunch of free (or nearly free) tourist places in and around Vancouver. Here are a few pictures.... Chinatown:<br />
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We will spend a few weeks here in Thetis getting some boat chores done then help Kelly move at the end of the month. After the last few weeks, some quiet days at the marina sound like fun...Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-9990421486017986202019-10-07T17:41:00.000-04:002019-10-07T17:53:01.851-04:00Vancouver.. Our First Week...On September 30th we arrived in the heart of Vancouver, British Columbia. After acquiring an online permit to anchor in False Creek we made our way up the creek and anchored just before the Cambie Street Bridge which is too short for us to get under.<br />
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In 24 feet we anchored in some nice soft mud just outside one of the many marinas along the creek. Supposedly you can only anchor for a specified period of time which varies throughout the year, but clearly no one seems to be following the rules as there are boats "anchored" here that have not moved in a very long time!<br />
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We, as usual, followed all the rules and will leave before our permit expires later this month. As you can see from the map (above), there are many places we can safely leave our dinghy as we explore this awesome Canadian city.<br />
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Our first impression of Vancouver is that there are many people with TONS of money! Rents here are the highest in Canada and the housing market left the roof behind a long time ago. We have yet to see a car older than one or two years and people wear more clothing labels than actual clothes!<br />
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In contrast we have also seen more homeless people than in any other big city in Canada. The contrast is very evident to us. Very sad.<br />
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The best part of being in Vancouver is that we get to see our youngest daughter who is doing her graduate studies at the University of British Columbia. Living with her boyfriend, they have a nice apartment near the university and just a short bus ride from where we are anchored.<br />
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We have explored just a few places so far and last weekend we took the kids out to Gambier Island where we did some fabulous hiking.<br />
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On Sunday we visited the famous Granville Island Market where local young, upwardly mobile people shop and buy over priced trinkets. Some things were really beautiful and might have been worth the amount of money they were asking, but much of what we saw looked more like arts and crafts, than expensive art... lol...<br />
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I guess we have been away from the first world for much too long... I have to admit I am having some trouble adjusting the this way of life. The overwhelming consumerism is making us feel somewhat out of place. For much of the last 6 years we have been with people who have much more of a subsistence lifestyle. I can't help wonder which way is better or who lives a happier life...<br />
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More soon...Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-28180564985696812992019-09-29T17:45:00.000-04:002019-09-29T17:56:55.844-04:0030 Miles to Vancouver...As we have said a number of times, our plans are only ever written in the sand at low tide... We had planned to leave Campbell River on Monday, but the weather forecast changed and it was lousy weather, so we decided to stay an extra day. Shelley really wanted to see the Elk Falls Provincial Park, so we hired a taxi to take us and bring us back. We were quoted $15 each way, but it turned out to be much more than that. The driver was nice enough to only charge us $45 total... The meter said it was closer to $60.... Buyer Beware!<br />
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We arrived with clouds but no rain. As we walked along we met the nicest people who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary...<br />
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Just after we got to the falls the rain started... and boy did it rain! By the time we got home we were soaked but happy... what a beautiful place...<br />
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The next day we left and made short hops down the mainland side of the Georgia Strait, then the Malasapina Strait. The closer we get to Vancouver, the more expensive everything gets... The second night we anchored near Madera Park in Pender Harbor. There wasn't a house anywhere for less than a million dollars!<br />
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It is getting colder and colder, so Shelley and I stopped at a nice thrift shop and got some (warmer) name brand designer clothes for pennies on the dollar! You gotta like thrift shops in expensive neighborhoods....<br />
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Yesterday with 30 knot winds on our nose we slowly made our way to Gambier Island in Howe Sound, about 30 miles from Vancouver.<br />
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Today we gathered all our strength and went for a 4 hour hike to a place called Lost Lake... Well, it is still lost, as we never actually found it but had a great hike... We realized that it is almost a year since the accident and this was the first time we really exerted ourselves in this way... We are both a little sore and tired but we made it! Here are a few pictures from our hike today...<br />
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Cheers!Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-35930138550543310162019-09-22T15:17:00.000-04:002019-09-22T15:24:53.742-04:00Making Our Way Down Vancouver Island...The day we left Port McNeill, we discovered they are the holders of the World's LARGEST Burl!, Who knew? A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl" target="_blank">Burl is is a tree growth</a> in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.<br />
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After departing Port McNeill we continued our journey south. Our plan now is to try to make around 30-40 miles in a day with the current and wind in our favour. Sometimes easier said, than done. The tidal range around these parts can be almost 20' (6 meters) and the currents (especially in the narrow parts) can get going up to 16 knots! Add to that the season is changing and there are significant winds and rain more often that one would like.<br />
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We stopped in a place called Telegraph Cove, which today is a tourist stop with accommodation, food and a lovely whale museum.<br />
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Planning has become the most important part of our day. We took 4 days to travel 100 miles to Campbell River where we are docked at the Fisherman's Wharf. There is a big marina just north of us, but the price is double what we are spending here. The people here are friendly and the facilities are clean and well cared for. Just not very fancy.<br />
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Across the street we found a marine supply store who caters mostly to the commercial and sport fishing fleet. Their knowledge and prices are a welcome relief from the marine stores we have encountered in this part of the world.<br />
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We are in an area where stern tying your boat is frequently done. This is when you anchor close to shore and run a long line from the stern of your boat to a tree (sometimes a chain) on shore, then back to the boat. By doing this you can get more boats in tighter spaces. We are now the proud owners of the rig that we need to make this happen. We purchased the rope and hardware and were given the spool for free! We now have 300' (100 metres) of 1/2" "polysteel" line ready to go...<br />
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The scenery here in British Columbia never disappoints... Even in the areas where there has been clear cutting of trees, they seem to re-forest very quickly. There is a logging strike on at the moment, so commercial traffic on the water is apparently much less than usual. Seeing these rigs underway is an awesome sight, especially when you consider the narrow areas and currents they work in.<br />
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Campbell River is a a small town with about 35,000 people. They call themselves the "Salmon Capital of the World". They are apparently famous for the <a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Tyee+salmon" target="_blank">Tyee Salmon</a> they catch here. They are also closely connected to the forest industry and tourism seems to be important to the folks here as the town is spotlessly clean and everything that doesn't move has something painted on it...<br />
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We had nice weather for the first two days here, but today and tomorrow look pretty yukky, so we will likely stick around until we get better conditions. Our daughter Kelly lives in Vancouver which is about another 100 miles south and we hope to see here over Canadian Thanksgiving which is the second weekend in October.<br />
<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-39398367019898339172019-09-16T19:14:00.001-04:002019-09-16T19:15:03.281-04:00Prince Rupert to Port McNeill, British ColumbiaAfter our great stop in <a href="https://benger.blogspot.com/2019/09/ketchekan-petersburg-alaska-and-prince.html" target="_blank">Prince Rupert</a>, we spent a 8 days making our way to Port McNeill on the northern end of Vancouver Island in Beautiful British Columbia, Canada.<br />
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The distance was only about 400 nautical miles but because of the lousy weather forecast we decided to travel the inside passage instead of sailing out in the open ocean.<br />
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The scenery was breathtaking!<br />
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We burned a bunch of fuel, but in the end felt like we made the right decision. For 4 of the 8 days Environment Canada issued GALE WARNINGS, which means the wind will exceed 30 knots and seas will exceed 3 meters! We are making this passage pretty late in the season so need to pay very close attention to these warnings.<br />
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On September 10 the first of these warnings came up and we made our way to a place called Bottleneck Inlet. This is a very difficult place to find, but once in you are protected from 360 degrees in a flat calm, fairly shallow oasis.<br />
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We arrived just before sunset on a beautiful afternoon to hear dozens of bird calls off the high mountains that surrounded us. After a very peaceful nights sleep, we awoke to rain beating down on the cabin ceiling. The storm had started, yet all we felt was the rain. Less than half a mile away outside on the the passage, the wind and waves were brewing in the expected gale...<br />
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We stayed 2 days until we were sure the storm had subsided enough for us to continue south. From Bottleneck to Shearwater was a very uncomfortable and wet 50 miles. And this was after the worst of the storm had passed!<br />
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We arrived at the Shearwater Marina just before dark to one of the crappiest places we ever stayed. $100 for one nights stay on a crappy dock, with crappy internet and a crappy shower they wanted an ADDITIONAL $1 PER 2 MINUTES!!!!! to use.... This place is DEFINITELY not a place we would every return to...<br />
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At first light the next morning we made our way to the jumping off point before we crossed to Vancouver Island. Fury Cove was another well protected BEAUTIFUL place where we anchored for the night. The forecast for the next day was northwest winds which would push us nicely over to Vancouver Island.<br />
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The northwest winds never materialized, but the passage was uneventful and very pretty. We passed at least 5 federal lighthouse/ weather stations as we crossed over to the island. Apparently none of them have anyone living on them anymore, but the government still maintains the properties...<br />
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The only challenge all day was dodging the hundreds of floating logs everywhere. We only go between 5 and 7 knots so getting out of their way wasn't too difficult for us, but on a faster boat I'm not sure how much fun it would be. Some of those logs in the water are big enough to put a hole in most boats!<br />
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We read some less than glowing reviews about Port Hardy so took advantage of the good weather yesterday and pushed on all the way to Port McNeill. What a good decision. This is another lovely port in British Columbia who clearly encourage people like us to visit. The municipal marina charged $1 a foot so that worked out to almost half of what other places wanted and the showers cost $5 for the whole time we are here!<br />
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We got our laundry done this morning and will start heading down the island tomorrow. For the next few hundred miles we will have to plan each leg very carefully as currents in some of the channels can exceed 13knots!<br />
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<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-27902771215262668092019-09-08T21:01:00.000-04:002019-09-08T21:10:53.757-04:00Ketchikan, Petersburg, Alaska and Prince Rupert BCWe left Juneau and continued our journey toward Canada. Some of the places we stopped here in Alaska are beautiful!<br />
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In Taku Bay we found an abandoned salmon canery. Even in its state of disrepair it was somehow beautiful... Shelley cut her walk a little short after she heard (but did not see) a bear growling...<br />
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Last weekend we made it to Petersburg, Alaska. Our main reason for visiting Petersburg, (besides it being on our way) was to meet a couple who inspired us before we set off on our journey. <a href="http://cruisinglealea.com/home.html" target="_blank">Chuck & Laura from SV Lealea</a>, (a 27' monohull) who sailed 7 years ago from Hawaii to Alaska have a series of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/vega1860/videos" target="_blank">YouTube videos</a> of their adventure.<br />
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Not only did Chuck & Laura take time to have lunch with us, but showed up the next morning with an invitation to let us use their place to do our laundry! (Only full time cruisers really know just what a nice gift that is...) Thank you for your hospitality and kindness!<br />
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From Petersburg we made our way to Ketchikan, Alaska whose claim to fame must be their ability to host massive cruise boats. The morning after we arrived FOUR massive cruise boats docked with anywhere from 3-8000 passengers! The town changed in hours from a sleepy little fishing village to a thriving tourist destination!<br />
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We took some time there to do our last big provisioning and fuel fill up before leaving the USA. Sadly we had two of our worst shopping experiences ever! First, Walmart has a fleet of passenger vans that shuttle passengers from the cruise boat docks to their store... Good idea right? When we asked if we could catch a ride from the marina (right on the way), they said NO! So the hundreds of dollars we spent wasn't worth an extra minute of their time to pick us up or drop us off, but someone who needs a few snacks or souvenirs is in... STUPID!<br />
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Then Shelley went to the SAFEWAY grocery store and ended up in tears because they treated her SO BADLY... Anyone who knows Shelley, knows that she is not easily rattled, but these people did it! They advertised a bunch of the items we wanted at a sale price, but when she got to the cashier they rung in at the regular price... When Shelley questioned it they said she had to have their (free) special membership card to get the discount... So she asked for one... HALF AN HOUR LATER she gave up!<br />
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When she got back to the boat, not only did she not get the items for the sale price, but they charged her for a $6 item she never even got! Total loss was more than $15 on a $100 order. Lastly, the kid who bagged her groceries put fresh chicken in her bag upside down and it spilled blood all over the floor of the taxi she took back to the boat! I called the store and the night manager PROMISED that the store director would call us the next morning and straighten everything out.... We are STILL waiting for his call!<br />
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The next morning we quickly visited the salmon ladder (which was the one thing we wanted to see in Ketchikan), and fueled the boat and moved on...<br />
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Yesterday, after more than 40,000 nautical miles, 22 countries and 1,895 days since Blowin' Bubbles left Canada, we crossed the US/Canada boarder as we motored toward Prince Rupert, British Columbia.<br />
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What an adventure so far!<br />
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Late in the day we cleared customs. We knew we were back in Canada when the overnight slip fee went from $0.57 per foot per night (in Alaska) to $1.40! Needless to say, tonight we are happily at anchored just outside of town.<br />
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Prince Rupert is a BEAUTIFUL town! Clearly they know what they want and are going after it. They have a lovely refurbished harbor area that is all set to accommodate any size cruise boat and they are advertising that they are the closest deep water port to Asia. As I write this CN rail is building a second mainline track to get the goods throughout North America quickly and efficiently.<br />
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This morning before we left the marina we visited the oldest "still standing" salmon cannery in the world. Carefully preserved, the people who run it are determined to make this a "must see" destination... They are doing a great job.<br />
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Even the local city bus driver who took us out there took extra time to be friendly and point out local landmarks along the way.<br />
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We will now take the "inside passage" down to Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island. Somewhere around 400 NM. We should be there in a week or so... More soon!<br />
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<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-44675890718937202072019-08-30T16:31:00.002-04:002019-08-30T16:40:47.806-04:00Juneau, AlaskaAfter such an amazing few weeks in this part of Alaska, it was time to get to civilization so we could get provisions and fuel to continue our journey south to Vancouver Island.<br />
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Juneau is the capital city of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the second largest city in the United States by area.<br />
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The harbor is run by the municipality and is in excellent shape. The only drawback is there are no reservations and it is a free for all, first come, first served craziness that leaves no one sure there will be a place to stay.... That and the 50+ whale watching cattle boats that come and go every day, leaves this place sometimes quite frustrating.<br />
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We lucked out that our new friends, Dewey and Debbie arrived in their boat a few minutes before us and scouted out a spot big enough to accommodate Blowin' Bubbles.<br />
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An hour or so after we settled in Dewey and his grandson, took us all the way to Costco for our much needed supplies... It just keeps happening that people are so amazingly kind and generous here!<br />
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Shelley quickly became new "best friends" with Alison, one of the harbor staff when it was discovered they both liked wine... (who knew). On our second night, Alison, and her partner Steve visited us and invited Shelley and I to check their crab pots the next day...<br />
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As you might know, our freezer has been on the blink for almost a month now and getting the part up here has become an exercise in futility. While it still works (sort of) we have to keep turning it on and off every few hours... It turned out that Steve had a freezer he could no longer use so just GAVE it to us!!! WOW! Not only does it work great, it is actually a better model than the one we had and is bigger so we can store more food. We took a day and installed it where the old one lived, but to do that we had to take a part of the wall out to get it in! It is in now and looks and works GREAT! Thank you Steve...<br />
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Everyone we speak to tells us a cruising guide is imperative when you travel the inside passage. Finding one turned out to be a nightmare. We did not have time to order one online so scavenged every local place we could think of to find one... In the end, it was local people who rescued us. Bob and Patrick from MV Alaskan Legend let us take one of theirs and we just had to order a replacement from Amazon, which they should get in a week or two...<br />
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On our last morning we fueled the boat and began our journey south. We will arrive in Petersburg, AK tomorrow and expect to take a month or so to reach the south end of Vancouver Island.Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-8953655188435999832019-08-27T13:15:00.001-04:002019-08-27T13:17:36.546-04:00Glacier National Park, Alaska - BEAUTIFUL!We sailed (and motored) overnight to the area where the Glacier National Park is located Near Juneau, Alaska. Thankfully it was completely uneventful! The rudder repair is working great.<br />
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We arrived at Icy Straight at daybreak and decided that we would find a spot to anchor and get some rest. Just about that time we received and email saying that our request to bring our boat into the National Park was approved and we had been issued a two day permit.<br />
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With this news we anchored just outside of the park overnight until our permit kicked in the next morning. The park issues only 25 permits per day 2 go to big cruise boats, 3 to smaller passenger boats then 10 to smaller commercial boats and only 10 of those go to private yachts... Lucky us!</div>
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Entering the park is very restrictive (in a good way) to protect the environment and the critters who call the park home...<br />
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While we were checking in we met the crew from a lovely (Dutch built) motor vessel called Lakesider. They had passengers and were showing them the park in high style... We kept them on our AIS all three days as they basically showed us where to go to see the best stuff! Thanks guys!<br />
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We underestimated the time it takes to get around the park so asked for an additional day to explore. The folks there were kind enough to accommodate us so now we were all set.<br />
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The first night we anchored in Shag Cove in 75' (which is the norm around here). We were surrounded by huge cliffs carved out by the glacier... Unfortunately, we have no pictures as the clouds settled in just above our masts! The next morning we woke up to a bear on shore, so decided to make our way to the glaciers... </div>
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Stunning is an understatement, as they were big, beautiful and sometimes scary as the creaked and groaned as they calved off massive chunks of ice...</div>
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The next few day we dedicated our time to finding as many animals as we could... Shelley was in heaven! We saw seals, bears (black & brown), mountain goats, humpback whales, sea lions, otters, orcas and many kinds of birds... It was like being in a zoo, only it was us who was in a cage....<br />
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Yesterday we arrived in Juneau were we will provision and get ready to travel the last thousand miles to Vancouver Island where we hope to spend the winter.</div>
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Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-28602477844323517502019-08-19T23:26:00.000-04:002019-08-19T23:26:41.113-04:00Ready To Go Again....We will sadly leave Yakutat, AK at first light tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Our plan is to make our way toward Sitka, AK around 200 NM south. We hope to explore some of the inner passages of Alaska as we go along. This stay in Yakutat has forced us to take a little less time making our way to Vancouver Island for the winter.<br />
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That said, our time here in Yakutat has been amazing! First, THANK YOU to Les Holcum and his whole family for making us feel so welcome in the community. It was Les who welded the rudder shaft back together! Second, to Steve who took us under his wing from almost the minute we arrived.... THANK YOU!<br />
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And to everyone else in this community to in one way or another, made what was a difficult time for us, not only bearable, but one of the most memorable, happy times of our trip so far! We have enjoyed gifts of fish, moose meat, smoothies and quiche all given to us during our stay... Here are just a few pictures from our time here.</div>
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Steve took us to Harlequin Lake where we saw beautiful Glaciers!<br />
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The village has two well stocked grocery stores, a hardware store with EVERYTHING you could imagine in it, fuel delivery right to the dock, and a coffee shop where everyone in town gathers, right beside the bar where everyone else gathers and the only place around where there is Internet!</div>
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If you ever get a chance to visit Alaska, This is a MUST SEE place.... We will always remember our time here in Yakutat with fondness and love....<br />
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More soon!Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-33912064076488993882019-08-13T18:48:00.001-04:002019-08-19T23:35:16.335-04:00Yakutat, Alaska - RESCUED!As we motored out of Kodiak Alaska we bumped a submerged log. On it's own not really a big deal, but it turns out it may have been just enough to take 40 years of stainless steel oxidation and corrosion to cause our rudder post to snap about 60 nautical miles from the shore as we approached Sitka Island, AK.<br />
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We called a PAN PAN which is just one radio message under a MAYDAY (life and limb are in danger). The Coast Guard from Juneau, AK answered our call and attempted to get someone in the area to assist us... After a few hours we knew no one was coming. We worked to build a temporary rudder from an interior cupboard door and a spare aluminum mast from our sailing dinghy.<br />
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The rudder we made worked a little bit with a sail up, but there wasn't a breath of wind. We tried the motor and the thrust from it was WAY too much for the rudder and it failed miserably.<br />
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By now we had drifted for about 10 hours. The Coast Guard made the decision to send a patrol boat from Sitka to assess our situation. We then decided I needed to go into the water to secure a line around the flopping rudder before we got towed. The water temp was 48 F! Needless to say it was a very short swim to get the line secured on the rudder.<br />
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I want to say, the people were AMAZING! The crew from Adelie were skilled, competent and incredibly kind to us as we struggled through this frightening ordeal. We feel that they went way beyond the "call of duty" with us and we will be forever grateful. FYI -Adelie is a type of penguin<br />
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Once in Yakutat, it wasn't 5 minutes before Steve (our new best friend), a local man, came up the dock to offer us whatever assistance he could including a ride into town to try to figure out what to do next. The crew from Adelie had notified the folks here of our arrival and by the time we arrived on Saturday morning they had organized the haul out for Monday and had asked a local man, Les to look at our boat and help us get going again.<br />
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In town, it seemed that everyone knew who we were and did everything they could to help us and make us feel welcome. I can't say enough about the good people of Yakutat. In town we picked up a few groceries and found some Internet.<br />
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On Monday at high tide, Irvin (the Harbormaster), Ron (the town Engineer) and a few others had us hauled out and on dry land. I ended up in a wetsuit in the cold Alaskan water to make sure Bubbles was securely on the trailer. Yes, the water was cold! Thank you too to fellow cruisers, Paul and Kate (SV Iolea) for helping us get the boat to shore for the haul out.<br />
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Once the boat was on land we got the rudder off and received the bad news that it had completely failed. Ordering a new on up here will be next to impossible, so it looks like Les will weld the old one back together and it should hold well enough to get us to Vancouver, where we will have to order a new one.<br />
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I suppose that if something awful had to happen to us, it couldn't have happened in a better place at a better time. We are horrified to think of what could have happened if it failed between Japan and Alaska, thousands of miles from anywhere! We hope to be back in the water in the next week or so, and will do all we can to embrace this lovely community who seems to have embraced us! What an awesome world!<br />
<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-41258810154543911432019-08-05T00:58:00.002-04:002019-10-30T17:08:47.745-04:00Sealions, Puffins & Bears.... Oh My......We have had an extrardinary few weeks so far in Alaska! While internet and cell service has been practically non-existant, the flora and fauna of this magical place has been... well.... magical!<br />
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We have seen Puffins, Sea Lions, Bears, Fin Whales, Orca Whales, Dolphins, Pilot Whales False Killer Whales, Bald Eagles and countless sea birds... Some, close enough to almost touch. We had a ball taking hundreds of photos!<br />
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We arrived in Kodiak, Alaska today and sadly said goodbye to our crew, Christina & Derrek who have travelled almost 5000 nautical miles with us from Japan.... THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH for all your help!<br />
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Shelley and I will now make our way toward Vancouver Island, BC where we hope to spend some time get us and the boat fixed up so we can continue our adventure.... While in Dutch Harbor we got together with a bunch of other cruisers who are are crazy (or brave) as we are!<br />
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We have made 12 stops over a few weeks! WOW!<br />
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We will depart from Kodiak tomorrow as we see some good winds for the next few days... The trip to Liska Island is about 500 NM and should take 4-5 days... From there we will make our way slowly down the west coast....<br />
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More soon!Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-10490719460468076902019-07-17T17:32:00.000-04:002019-07-17T17:32:57.828-04:00We have Arrived in Dutch Harbor Alaska!After sailing 3950 Nautical miles from Osaka Japan we arrived in Dutch Harbor Alaska at 1630 yesterday and tied up to the dock in the small boat harbor. We were a little disappointed when we didn't see the crab boats made famous on the TV show made up here, but apparently they fish off the coast of Washington State in the summer time and only come to Dutch Harbor for crab season in the winter.<br />
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We will still find somewhere to feast on crab while we are here!<br />
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We are still about 2000 NM from Vancouver BC and will take a few days here to get a few things repaired on the boat and re-supply the larder....<br />
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The scenery here in Alaska is breathtaking! Eagles are everywhere and the local folks here are amazingly friendly.<br />
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We will leave you today with a picture of "Fred", our local Otter who seems very well fed and happy....<br />
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<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-24369642649659626542019-07-08T01:10:00.000-04:002019-07-08T01:19:00.038-04:00On Our Way To North America.... Part 2After 20 days we have now reached the halfway point in our journey. We have sailed some 2400 NM and have about the same to go. The weather now dips to the low teens (celcius) each night and the water temps have fallen below anything we have had for years... We are definitely not at the equator anymore.
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<br>We are however, now on the same day as everyone in North America. After crossing 180 longitude our time zone is now the same as Hawaii. We have adjusted the ships clock 4 times since leaving Japan and suspect we will adjust it a few more times as we continue east.
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<br>We have settled into a comfortable routine here on Blowin' Bubbles. As captain, I am ultimately responsible for everyone's safety, but the whole crew are now making most decisions on their own when it is their watch. This has made my very uncomfortable life much easier. The constant motion of the boat makes my back and ribs very sore and sometimes laying down is the only way I can manage.
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<br>Watches are broken up into 3 hour shifts. Beginning at 1900 (7pm) I take the first watch until 2200 (10pm) when Shelley takes over. I sleep on the quarter berth in the main cabin in case anyone needs me during the night. Also, in our cabin at the back, Myrtle (our hydraulic motor on the auto pilot) constantly moans back and forth as she steers the boat and keeps me awake. Shelley's watch goes until 0100 (1am) when Derek takes over until Christina comes on at 0400 (4am)until 0700 (7am) when I take over again until 1000 (10am). Between 1000 and 1900 during the day (assuming the weather is behaving) one of the three of the crew are keeping an eye on things. I usually bury myself away somewhere to sleep and read...
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<br>We don't sit outside much anymore at these latitudes. It is getting quite chilly even during the day. We have come to really appreciate the pilothouse on this boat, as we can do everything except manage the sails and tend the fishing lines from inside the warm boat.
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<br>Speaking of fishing, we have caught only 1 fish! We troll from sun up to sun down and mostly NOTHING! Hopefully once we get nearer the protected waters of USA and Canada there might be a few more fish to catch.
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<br>We will hopefully post again when we get closer to home. Cheers!
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<br>Sent via SailMail, <a href="http://www.sailmail.com">http://www.sailmail.com</a>Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-24710745553068768992019-06-29T01:07:00.000-04:002019-06-29T02:29:51.112-04:00On Our Way To North America.... Part 1At 11:15 local time in Osaka Japan we left the Tannowa Yacht Club after clearing out with immigration. Before leaving we were given some lovely gifts of food and swag from some of the members including a burgee which makes us honorary members! Mr. Etsuro Kondo took the girls for last minute provisions and lead us out onto the Osaka Bay on board his sailboat, Pocapoca where he went fishing (the national Japanese pastime) and we started out on our epic 4800 nautical mile journey to Canada.
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<br>As most of you know (believe) the earth is round, so the most direct route over such a long distance is not a straight line, but rather a long curved arch. For us this direct route wasn't going to work because of the weather systems that track across this part of the world. Our goal was (and still is) to get under passing lows to take advantage of the winds from the south and west that will push us home.
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<br>The weather in June is one strong low after another culminating with some turning into typhoons later in the season. Even the early ones we left on were no picnic. After motoring overnight out of Osaka Bay, we started to sail the next morning aiming for an imaginary spot in the ocean where the threat of typhoons come to an end. This spot is 160E longitude. The Yacht club was at 135E which meant we had to go about 1500 NM before we could turn more northeast to make our passage home.
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<br>Life is different with 4 people on board Blowin' Bubbles. Watches are much easier, but it can get crowded in 45' sometimes. We do think however, we made a very good choice asking Christina and Derek to help us with the crossing. They have adapted very well and do more than their share of the work, making this as easy a passage as possible.
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<br>While it has only rained twice, we have encountered some pretty significant winds so far. The worst was a few days out when we had sustained winds over 40 knots. It was in those conditions we blew out our Genoa (the big sail on the front of the boat). Fortunately, we have a Yankee which is a high cut jib, that will see us somewhere we can fix or replace the Genoa. After our little disaster, we hove too (basically, parked the boat using the rudder and mainsail) for about nine hours until the storm abated a little to give the crew some rest. When we got underway again, we set our storm tri-sail (instead of a main) and deployed our "Galesail" which is a 100 sq.ft. heavy storm headsail. We have carted both of these sails around for the last 5 years and this is the first time we used them.
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<br>It was during that storm that Shelley (yes, Shelley) got seasick for the first time ever. Derek didn't want her to feel special so he got sick too... As the storm abated, so too did their sickness and have been good ever since... After about 4 days of this slow passing low, the winds eased a little and we have had good moderate wind sailing. Yesterday, was the first day we had to motor in quite a while. We used that time to make water and get some laundry done.
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<br>We have now been dragging lures 1500 nautical miles and haven't caught a single fish! Don't let anyone tell you the oceans aren't over fished! This morning we crossed 160E and can now begin the big arch home...
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<br>Here are just a few highlights from the last 12 days:
<br>Have not seen another boat or ship in 5 days (by sight, radar or AIS).
<br>Christina and Derek have now sailed in 40+ knot winds and 4-5 meter seas.
<br>We have seen Dolphins 3 times (one was the largest pod any of us have ever seen) and Pilot Whales twice.
<br>We have run the motor 68 hours and sailed 172 hours.
<br>We have broken/fixed the stern arch (where the dinghy usually lives) after it got broken in the storm.
<br>We have replace the belt on the watermaker, and repaired a diesel leak on the engine.
<br>We paid over $2 a liter for diesel fuel when we stopped briefly at the last Japanese Island after leaving Osaka Bay
<br>Christina has trimmed Derek's beard....
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<br>Happy Canada Day and Independence Day to all our amazing friends and family...
<br>We will try to post again when we have good radio propagation.
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<br>Sent via SailMail, <a href="http://www.sailmail.com">http://www.sailmail.com</a>Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-21217867083031108222019-06-17T06:29:00.001-04:002019-06-17T06:30:02.780-04:00Osaka... And Help Is Here...We have spent to last week in Osaka at the Tannowa Yacht Harbor. The folks here have been very friendly and helpful... In fact, I think we have been made honorary members! It is not an inexpensive place to stay, but all in all everything has worked out very well.<br />
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A few days ago Christina (our friend who sailed across the Pacific with us in 2016 and her boy friend, Derek arrived to help us sail the 4000 or so nautical miles to British Columbia, Canada across the North Pacific.<br />
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It looks like we will depart tomorrow and it will take 40 -50 days to make the crossing. We will have no Internet until we get to some kind of civilization.<br />
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Here are a few pictures from our last days here in Japan. A wonderful place to visit!<br />
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More soon when we get wherever we are going...Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-23283010374602414052019-06-12T21:33:00.000-04:002019-06-12T21:33:42.402-04:00Tosashimizu and Tannowa (Osaka)We had a rough overnight passage to Toashimizu from Yakushima. That said, once we entered the well protected port things improved quickly. We were greeted by friendly Coast Guard and Customs people and even to Police sent a man to visit to make sure that we were okay.<br />
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We tied up on another tidal wall where we knew we were expecting some very high winds over the next 24 hours. The winds came, and we felt almost nothing. it was wonderful.<br />
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We explored the small village and picked up a few groceries. We even found a barber who spent over an hour giving me the most incredible haircut and shave ever! It was a little expensive, but the experience alone was worth it....<br />
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Our best moment came when a lovely man knocked on our boat and with only one word of English handed us a beautiful pencil drawing of our boat and said, "gift" and tried to walk away. Shelley asked if he would let us take his picture and he said yes... What a beautiful gift!<br />
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After the low passed the sun came out and the wind came on our nose as we tried to complete our journey to Osaka. We beat against it for a few hours then decided we would be better off burning fuel and getting into the lee of the Osaka harbor as soon as possible.<br />
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By the next morning we were calmly motoring to our new home for the next week while we wait to pick up Christina & Derrek.<br />
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The Tannowa Yacht Club must have been quite a place in its day. Today it looks a little tired and run down, but the people here more than make up for the facilities shortcomings. We are way out on the farthest dock which makes to walk to the club house an event, but it is very peaceful where we are. We hadn't been docked more than a few hours when a very distinguished gentleman (Mr. Yoshida Tsuneo) visited us and asked us to fill out the foreigners visitor log... In it we found some old friends! What a treat! We will add our page before we leave.<br />
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The marina manager has been so helpful. Yesterday he took us to a large (Walmart like) store where we did a big provisioning for the crossing. I think we will either love or hate noodles by the time we get home....<br />
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We will post one more blog before we head out around the middle to end of next week... Cheers!Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-64505791103606395922019-06-04T20:49:00.000-04:002019-06-04T20:50:06.926-04:00Testing Radio Updates....At sea, we have extremely limited access to the rest of the world. Without a satelite phone we only send and recieve "text only" emails less than 10 kilobites (very tiny), at limited times during the day.
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<br>That said, on our 40 day or so crossing we don't want folks to think we are gone forever, so we will try posting a weekly position report on to our blog...
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<br>This is just a TEST POST, to see if it works...
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<br>Cheers!
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<br>Sent via SailMail, <a href="http://www.sailmail.com">http://www.sailmail.com</a>Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-8360805317768946672019-06-04T05:03:00.000-04:002019-06-04T05:03:06.788-04:00Yakushima Island, JapanThe word we keep saying here is beautiful! Everywhere we turn there are lush colors and nature at her beautiful best. From 7000 year old trees to dozens of waterfalls the people of Yakushima take great pride in their lovely home...<br />
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The trip here from Okinawa was not the easiest run we have ever made. After 2 1/2 days of rough seas and uncooperative wind we arrived here exhausted. We made our way around the inner breakwall and side tied to the rough wall with the fenderboard out we feel quite comfortable.<br />
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We went to bed just after supper at 5:30 pm and didn't wake up until the next morning... really tired I guess... This morning we decided that since we only had one day here we would make the most of it and rent a small car and explore the island...<br />
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What a good idea that turned out to be... We had 6 hours to drive 40 kilometers... No problems we thought. We arrived back just before the deadline. The roads on the other side of the island narrow down to less than a lane width in some places and if there is on coming traffic, someone usually has to back up a little.<br />
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Here are a few pictures of our awesome day....<br />
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We stopped for lunch when we saw the ONLY English sign... A lovely small restaurant with great local food... We have never had a Mackerel pizza before!<br />
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The only difficulty here is at low tide when we have to scale the wall to get on or off the boat... We borrowed a ladder but got yelled at. Since we didn't understand the man, we just smiled, bowed, and put it back where we found it... (we would have done that anyway, we were just waiting for the tide to rise). Oh well, not everyone can be happy...<br />
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We will leave on the high tide in the morning and get as far up the mainland as we can overnight. We need to find a port by Thursday afternoon, as there is a nasty low scheduled to pass over on Friday/Saturday.<br />
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We will add more when we get to Osaka...Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-23031917930758892022019-05-30T02:51:00.000-04:002019-05-30T02:51:36.819-04:00Okinawa, JapanAfter travelling just over 2000 nautical miles from Tiomon Island in Malaysia we arrived after a tricky 17 day sail in Naha harbor in Okinawa, Japan.<br />
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The sail itself is definitely not for the faint of heart. Some days were flat calm and we had to motor, but most days the wind was ahead of the beam and gusting well over 20 knots. We caught no fish and saw literally 100's of fishing boats and freighters. Some showed up on our AIS with their length measured in NAUTICAL MILES! The longest one was .25NM! <br />
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The only real frustration along the way was that some fishermen have taken to marking their nets with AIS units, so from time to time there were dozens of "hits" which just made everything VERY confusing...<br />
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Unfortunately, some of the bigger vessels turn off AIS "B" units (which we have) and so they not only don't see the fishing nets, but don't see us as well... It made for some long watches....<br />
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The last few days were very windy. We had sustained wind ahead of the beam of 20 knots or more. Our speed reflected that as we made over 170 NM in a 24 hour period. A new record for us. The downside is that in the last two days we have repaired all three of our sails and replaced one of our jib sheets... Sailing in weather like this gets expensive... We also lost our BBQ to a crazy wind/wave experience...<br />
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Upon our arrival in Naha Harbor we were boarded by no less than a dozen officials from nearly as many government offices... They thoroughly searched the boat including swabbing boat surfaces looking for drug residue. They counted and photographed my medication and made a second trip the next day to double check what they did the first day. The immigration people had a whole electronic setup in the back of their van (just like what they would have at the airport) where they took our fingerprints and our photographs. All were polite and professional. Not a bad experience at all, just different.</div>
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We had to acquire a special document that would allow us to visit the marina which is a "closed port" This exercise took almost a whole day but we were successful in the end.... This will allow us to visit other closed ports while in Japan.<br />
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Japan has been a very new experience for us so far. As foreigners we are not allowed to have a local SIM card for our phone. In the end we had to order (rent) an Internet gizmo online for about $100 so we could have access to 100GB of Internet. When we get to Osaka we will have to mail it back to them... <br />
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The food here is SPECTACULAR. It seems all people do here is eat! the grocery has at least 1/3 of its space dedicated to "take away" food... And all reasonably priced.<br />
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I have to say that I am liking these few days we are spending in a "first world" marina. Today we dumpster dived a nearly perfect sail (we will use for parts) and a nearly new replacement jib sheet! All free! These folks seem to replace stuff when it gets dirty....<br />
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We have moved our dinghy off the davits at the back of the boat and deflated it and lashed it to the foredeck on top of the sailing dinghy. In really big seas, we have decided this arrangement will be safer...<br />
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We will spend the next few days finishing up some repairs before we depart for Osaka which is 650NM northeast of us. We will re-connect then.<br />
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<br />Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197759511619514915.post-17943631850750969982019-05-10T23:53:00.000-04:002019-05-10T23:53:20.652-04:00Heading Home.....After many months of agonizing, Shelley and I have made the decision to make our way back to Canada. We decided that I still need more medical attention and Canada is the best place for us to do that. We had to decide whether to continue across the Indian Ocean, around the horn of Africa, then across the Atlantic Ocean before heading a few thousand miles up the east coast of North America before arriving home. Or head north to Japan from Malaysia then east to British Columbia. Whether or not we stop in Alaska along the way is still up in the air. <br />
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This route is much shorter than continuing west, but will be a much more difficult passage. The good news is we are picking up our friends, Christina & Derek in Japan so will have their help making the longest part of the passage.<br />
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SO..... Today (or early tomorrow) we will leave Tiomon Island where we have checked out of Malaysia and make the 2000 nautical mile run to Japan on our own. This should take us between 17-21 days depending on wind. Our plan is to make this a non-stop run across the South China Sea but we are prepared to make changes along the way if we have to.<br />
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In preparation for this trip we hauled Blowin Bubbles out of the water last week for some much needed repairs and maintenance and now feel she is ready to make this passage home.<br />
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We were SO LUCKY to find an amazing boat yard here in Malaysia who provided us with outstanding work at a great (fair) price. The NG Boon Boatyard really caters to the commercial trade but were very willing to work with us to get Bubbles ready to go. As a result of the accident, I am unable to do much of the physical labour that I would normally do. That said, the cost at a boatyard at home would have been thousands of dollars more than what we were able to get the work done here.<br />
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The workmanship here was outstanding and the men working on our boat took great pride in their work. We completely sanded the bottom and painted 3 coats of bottom paint, we had them sand the decks and cabin and we repainted it. There was a small chunk of our rudder missing from a small bump we got in the Marshall Islands which is now completely repaired and painted. they also polished the topside above the waterline. All this for around $1500 Canadian! <br />
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We stayed in a small hotel just down the road with air conditioning, a pool and a shower for $30 a night which made the whole experience more fun. The only problem we had was that Ramadan started while we were here so that meant the only place where we could buy food between sunrise and sunset was Kentucky Fried Chicken or a Chinese Restaurant! Good food, but we were a little tired of it by the time we left. The hotel included breakfast in our price so we ended up being the only people in there every morning!<br />
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We will post another blog once we reach Japan so for now take care everyone....Kyle and Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00150233867566395925noreply@blogger.com1