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Lighthouse: Stewart Island

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We all went on sailing trip May last year and headed to the San Juan Islands accessible only by boat.  I really miss it there.  So much.  This is Stewart Island and I have a thing for lighthouses.  There is something utterly tragic and romantic about them.  Also making sure they have light for boats to see.  

I took this from the boat.  It was such a beautiful day.  Not great for sailing.  I think we had very little win but just beautiful light for pictures. 

If you ever get a chance to visit the great Pacific Northwest then you need to visit the San Juan Islands at least once. There are lot of islands that are accessible by ferry that are just as pretty as this one and you can take the iconic WA state ferry.

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PNW: San Juan Islands

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This was the last sailing trip we took in May before we moved.  I loved the San Juan Islands.  It’s my most favourite place in the Puget Sound.  It was different sailing in warmer weathers as we had a very interesting and scary November sailing where the knots hit 30! We ended up encountering some very interesting weather indeed. 

This time we sailed to islands we had not sailed to previously.  This was Matia Island, there was one other sailboat that docked besides us.  I think they were learning how to sail a 40 ft boat as they had a teacher with them.  We learned some new tying knots from them but they were super nice. I think we were on a Nautitech 42 for those who are interested.  I tried to bring my trusted Fujifilm camera whereever I went so this sunset was shot with my new 10 – 24 lens.  It was really pretty and quiet.  There is a nice little hike with these great old growth trees. 

Mostly was a stopping point to get back to Bellingham.  We didn’t go as long as we wanted to because I broke out with a really bad eczema on my arms where my arms were in a lot of pain from inflammation but it had calmed down and being out in the water helped.  More on how I dealt with managing eczema in a later post.  It’s a long haul and I am still working through it. 

I miss the PNW.  I do love this new adventure we are on but I miss my west coast.  It’s the best coast. 

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Arizona

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We took a trip back in March 2022 to Arizona for a family reunion.  It was the very first trip we took post pandemic where we took an airplane.  It was a little strange actually. 

I have never been to T’s hometown before and Grand Canyon has always been on my bucket list.  Truth be told.  I want to go to EVERY national park in the United States but this was a big one.  We also took advantage of M’s grade 4  — “Visit a National Park” where each child gets a free pass for the family to be able to visit all these beautiful parks.  I think this is one of my favourite legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt to establish these parks because who knows with this capitalist country of ours, we could be looking more like Wall – E’s earth. 

This was on the way back from Flag Staff  near Sedona and it has this beautiful red rock and lovely green trees.  There was even snow in Flag Staff!  The weather is so awesomely weird. 

It was a challenge to photograph.  Truth be told my photography is rusty and I need to play more.  The strong sun with no cloud in the sky did not help me and not used to it at all!  

I am finally getting to hopefully finish this website.  Still work in progress but I wanted to start posting.