{"id":3188,"date":"2020-06-24T12:02:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2020-06-24T12:03:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:03:04","slug":"coasting-in-the-time-of-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/coasting-in-the-time-of-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Coasting in the Time of Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jupiter’s mariners returned to Bellingham seven weeks later than expected owing to societal complications and closures from Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jupiter impatiently awaits her mariners at Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After nearly six months absence we rejoined our fair vessel, and found her fully serviced, fueled, cleaned and polished to near perfection; ready to cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our pre-pandemic itinerary would have carried Jupiter north and west to the ragged outer edges of British Columbia and Southeastern Alaska in early May. Now an alternative strategy must steer us in new directions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Turning Left<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

But wherever to explore with the Canadian border closed to non-essential travel? Departing Bellingham Bay, we have always turned right. Not this time. Not now, not yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The international border opening has been pressed back month by month and is currently promised to be reviewed again by July 21st. So we shall turn left, to the San Juan Islands and beyond, into the heart of Puget Sound. It is rumored that beautiful waters, interesting geology, diverse wildlife, and intriguing communities rich in history exist along this coast without regard for man-made frontiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sucia Island, our first destination, is an anchorage so close to the BC border that American cell phones are often hijacked by powerful Canadian services whose raptorial bandwidths forage deeply into US territorial waters.

Canadian geese also are observed moving freely and gratuitously between countries, canardian passports not required.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n