23-25 December 2018 Sunday the 23rd was a grey, wet, and cold day in Victoria. When we woke, we thought we’d have Adventuress around 4:00PM, nearly dusk. Originally, when we thought we’d take delivery closer to lunchtime, we had planned to do a provision run after we got Adventuress tied in a slip. Now those plans were out the window, and we rearranged our plan. We’d grab provisions before getting Adventuress, drop everything at the hotel while we got Adventuress…
21-22 December 2018 It has been three months, five days, two hurricanes, and one great, big Pacific winter storm later, and Adventuress’ journey home is nearly done. On this morning, the last Friday before Christmas, we boarded the Victoria Clipper to take the high-speed ferry to Victoria BC. The morning dawned calm, with wispy high clouds filtering weak winter sunshine. But yesterday, the worst windstorm of the season raked through the Pacific Northwest, causing widespread damage. It had even shut…