Happy Chinese New Year!

The start of the Chinese Year of the Monkey was February 8. The New Year's Parade, grand finale of the week long New Year's celebration in Vancouver, was on February 14. Vancouver has the second largest Chinese expat community in North America, so, we were expecting the celebrations to be something...

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Steveston BC

We had guests recently, my brother and his wife were here from Ontario for a week's visit. We dodged raindrops all week to try and see some of the sights. On another day full of rain and wind, we decided to visit Steveston BC, on Lulu Island, at the mouth of the Fraser River just south of Vancouver....

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February This and That

I haven't been posting much lately. It's true that we've settled into a nice quiet winter routine here in West Vancouver, but, we also have been out and about quite a bit even though the weather hasn't been conducive for much outdoor activity. Drenching rains continue for days on end. They don't call...

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Gjoa is Sold!

It is with somewhat heavy hearts that we are announcing today that Gjoa has been sold! Gjoa in her element, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, September 2014.  It may seem like a sudden decision, but, after completing the North West Passage this past fall we were in a quandary about what to do next. We'd...

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