Wolf Moon
Adventures, Washington, Winter 2022 “The wolf moon appears in the dead of winter signaling a time of transformation…” Stina Garbonos, Psychic Astrologer The wolf moon, like every full moon and every new moon, forges ... Read more
On The Beach
Adventures, Autumn 2020, Cuisine, Washington A friend writes that Jupiter’s mariners remind him of characters portrayed in the book, On the Beach – survivors roaming to avoid contamination in a post-apocalyptic world. Wandering restlessly aboard ... Read more
The Fifth Dimension
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington Traveling in consort with friends aboard their own boat adds a fifth dimension to any voyage. In the course of a typical summer Jupiter hosts friends aboard, however Covid concerns ... Read more
A Distant Island
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington Jupiter is Not Alone Cruising the San Juan Islands in August presents challenges to voyagers longing for remote, unoccupied anchorages. The seasonal surge of cruising craft is compounded by Covid ... Read more
Food Chain
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington Inspired by the legendary 60’s hit single, Chain of Foods, we explore the ways gastronomy governs life aboard Jupiter. Chain, chain, chainChain, chain, chainChain of foods… Aretha Franklin, 1967 Following ... Read more
NorthWest Side Story
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington In 1792 Captain George Vancouver failed to discover the Swinomish Channel because it was not constructed until 1937. The Swinomish waterway was conceived to facilitate marine commerce by connecting the ... Read more
Logs
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington Baited by rumors of a famed Farmers Market, we are reeled in and landed at the Port of Olympia where we make our ultimate southing in Puget’s sound. We find ... Read more
Gig Harbor Gig
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington Jupiter, with two lazy laggards aboard, is not keeping pace with Captain George Vancouver. During May and June of 1792, Vancouver and his speed surveyors accomplished the coastal reckoning of ... Read more
Boomers & Bivalves
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington After passing Port Townsend in May, 1792, Captain George Vancouver proceeded to explore the first long inlet he espied, and anointed it “Hood’s Channel” in honor of Admiral Lord Samuel ... Read more
Passing Port to Port
Adventures, Cuisine, Summer 2020, Washington In 1792 Captain George Vancouver embarked on the greatest marine survey of all time; California to Alaska. In May he entered the waters of the Salish Sea and Puget Sound. ... Read more