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What was I saying?!?
Here we go again. I just looked at the long range weather outlook. I love the snow! I love the cold weather! I’m a winter girl at heart and I am always amused by the inability of Vancouver to function when so much as a single flake of snow descends from above. However, I am not amused by the weather…
Read more »Fall can be spectacular!
We had our student cruise yesterday, wow, what a great day on the water! We teach safe boating through Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons, via Norvan Squadron in North Vancouver. Midway through each class (March and October) we hold an on the water training session to put the plotting and charting into context. Historically, it has always been held out…
Read more »Boating Season Officially Begins
It finally arrived! The beginning of boating season. The official shakedown cruise. Summer! OK, I know it’s still May, but as far as boaters go, this is the start of summer. We were (understandably) concerned that our boating season would have a bumpy start. After all, last summer consisted of three weekends that did NOT involve rain, and our engines…
Read more »Vancouver Breathes a Sigh of Relief
The sun finally arrived, for now anyway. We had the coldest April on record! Although skiing was great, it’s really time to get on with things and progress to boating season, don’t you think? Yesterday played with our emotions. The weatherman said sunny, but the day dawned cold and grey. Then, mid afternoon the clouds disappeared and the sun shone…
Read more »Ummm…where did Spring go?
Nature is teasing us again. It’s been a chilly winter and last weekend the mercury rose to 19 degrees suggesting an end was near. Five days later is it only 5 degrees out and the prediction is for snow on the weekend!?! And we have plans to take the boat out tomorrow for the first time this season? This doesn’t…
Read more »What Happened to Spring?
Spring officially arrived March 21st…so where is it? Since then we’ve had snow and rain and frost…and the ski hill just a short jaunt up the road from me has more snow than ever! Mom called me last weekend and it was minus 14? In April? Apparently the last week of March was the coldest on record for Vancouver! What’s…
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