{"id":7590,"date":"2021-09-05T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/?p=7590"},"modified":"2021-09-06T07:40:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T14:40:08","slug":"jupiters-way-to-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jupitersway.com\/jupiters-way-to-z\/","title":{"rendered":"Jupiter’s Way to Z"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A is for Anchorage, so many, so deep

In BC and Alaska ground tackle means sleep<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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B is for Bears, hairy blacks and big brown

When salmon are spawning, they strike and chow down<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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C is for Clock – ever slow or too fast

Ships chimes reporting the future or past<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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D is for Dinners aboard and homemade

Pleasance begins when the table is laid<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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E is for Engines, big CATS, lots of power

Pushing through rapids and waves every hour<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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F is for Fog – clouds resting on sea

Radar reflects other boats and debris

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G is for Glaciers, ice walls cold and tall

Decades from now we won’t see them at all.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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H is for Hot Spring, the Alaskan bathtub

Perfect for locals to suds, soak and scrub<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I is for Innocent Passage, the legal way through

BC to Alaska for boats and their crew<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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J is for Jupiter, reflecting our dreams

Ready for weather – calms or extremes<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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K is for Kayaks, nimble and floating

For beaching and shoals it’s the best kind of boating<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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L is for Landing a floatplane near boat

For arrival of family and friends when remote<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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M is for Mileage, 3,000 this season

Wandering far without plan or good reason<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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N is for Northing, reaching sixty degrees

Up to great Glacier Bay with rocks and few trees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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O is for Otter in warm furry suit

They eat all the crabs but are still pretty cute<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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P is for Ports where we sometimes will dock

It’s nice to meet folks and go for a walk<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Q is for Quiet, we’ve learned to live near

Admiring the vastness of each new frontier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R is for Rain which is frequent and wet

When the sun re-appears we dry out and forget<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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S is for Seal Lion, sharp teeth and bold

They’ll jump into your skiff and bite we are told<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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T is for Totem, upstanding and proud

Native history, stories and secrets endowed<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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U is for Underway, boat pitching forth

Explorations ahead by west and by north
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V for Vancouver, great surveyor of all

He renamed all the places and each waterfall<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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W is for Whales, great beasts of the sea

Banishing cruise ships has set them all free<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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X is for Xtratuf, boots of all sizes

Ready for action whatever arises

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Y is for Yacht, which is what we’ve got

It’s been a great cruise , but we’re starting to rot <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Z is for Zenith, the point overhead
Wherever Jupiter’s mariners tread
The dome of the sky and the ocean below
Frames a seafaring life that we never outgrow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LOCATE JUPITER HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Thanks for following the adventures of Jupiter and her crew. <\/p>

We’d be lonely without you!<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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