Cruising Adventures of the Red Witch

September 12th – 14th (Saturday – Monday) Lots more time was spent working on our woodpile.  On the weekend we finally got all of the rounds that we had stored in the shed, split and stacked.  Monday morning was a major time for us, as it was moving day.     We spent a few hours packing up some things from the boat, and then headed to move into the house.     We did not want to move too much into the house before we had done more cleaning and some painting, but we needed to have everything there that we would want in the near future.   Then in the afternoon we went out to gather more rounds of wood.  We wanted to get as many rounds as we could, and we managed to get two full truckloads brought back to the house.   The tree that we were working on was hard to access for getting the pieces out.  The tree was a yellow cedar windfall that had ripped the roots right out of the ground when it fell.  It was lying off of...

September 10th and 11th (Thursday and Friday) Two more nice sunny days!  What a treat.  We spent a bunch of time over at the house splitting and stacking our wood.  Our woodpile sure is growing and it smells amazing.  In the afternoon on Friday we left work around noon and headed up to the lake.  We went out to Triple Falls where we spent the afternoon relaxing.  It sure was nice to have some more summer-like weather.  The water was noticeably warmer than it had been two days ago.  Jason was doing some fishing from shore when we noticed a small, strange, eel-like animal swimming along the surface.  At first we thought it was a snake, but soon it swam back down to the bottom.  We watched it for quite awhile, and I used my underwater camera to take a video of it.  It had two red patches on either side of its neck area, and after getting home we identified it as a Lamprey.  It...

September 9th (Wednesday) Our first day off after our 8-day shift, and it was also my birthday.  I enjoyed what felt like a nice long sleep-in as compared to getting up at 05:45 for work, and then Jason gave me my birthday presents and made me a delicious brunch of blueberry pancakes, bacon, and sausages.  Then we were off to the lake.  It was a beautiful, sunny day and glassy calm as we planed our way along the lake.  We went down to the south end to check it out and explore, as we had never been down to that end before.   As the sun got hotter we wanted to enjoy it, and to go swimming, so we headed to our perfect picnic and swimming area of Triple Falls.  There we enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of relaxing and swimming.  The water felt quite a bit cooler than it had the last time that we were there, so our refreshing swims were brief. One time, as I was coming out of the water, I saw a bumblebee struggling on the surface....

August 29th - September 8th   (Note that the date on this is from two months ago.)  Well this blog sure has changed, and with it our lives.  Last year at this time Jason and I were enjoying a true cruising life, with being at anchor every day, primarily feeding ourselves off of the food that we could gather and catch, and exploring.  Now we are living a very different chapter in our lives, and although Covid-19 and the restrictions that have been put in place have put our freedom and cruising life on hold, we are also very happy with where we are.   We are getting to experience a type of life in an area of the world that most people would never consider.  We have endless exploring opportunities at our doorstep and thanks to the generosity of people that we have gotten to know here in Ocean Falls, we have the use of a lake boat, an SUV, and a house, and we have made friends with people who also enjoy exploring.  The vehicle that...