Living Aboard a Boat.

A lot of people, especially other women, do not understand why I want to live on a boat. Actually I was surprised when I found out a friend of mine lived on a sailboat but I didn’t have a negative reaction..just curiosity.

It had never occurred to me that it might be an option..And I owned a boat at the time so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when I get a reaction.
I think about having a nice cosy little house sometimes but then I think of the things I would miss - Anchoring out in a peaceful bay, baking bread because there is no store for 40 miles, sitting on the top deck in the summer and watching all the people come and go, walking the dock and talking to other boaters about our favourite subject….boats, meeting interesting people – scientists who study wildlife up and down the coast, Billy Proctor who has lived in Echo Bay all his life and can tell you what it was like 40 years ago on the coast, Alexandra Morton who is world famous for her fight for the BC Salmon …and it goes on and on.
I have the excitement of travel and the comfort of always being home.

Tug at Ladysmith from the old days.

Today the sun was out early in the morning. It was a beautiful Fall Day.