I left Seattle yesterday on a trip to the north end of Vancouver Island. I should be gone about 5 weeks. This will be a solo trip, but Meryll is going to drive up and meet me for a few weekends, and I’ll stop in Bellingham to see brother Steve and Linny. The route is not completely set, but the plan is to head north along the mainland, going up the Fraser River a ways, and staying in False Bay in Vancouver for a few days, then up the coast to Desolation Sound, then across to Port Hardy and down the east (inside) coast of Vancouver Island. I’m not going to go on the ocean side of the island. I plan on posting pictures every few days when I have internet access.
I have a few new pieces of electronics aboard:
SPOT GPS will show my location and route on Google Maps, and let me send emergency messages. It needs to be pointed at the sky so I made this little mount that attaches to the cabin handrail. I haven’t set it up yet.
WIFI amplifier and hotspot. Amplifies nearby wifi signals and creates a local wifi hotspot so all the electronics can use the connection. 
I left Kenmore Wednesday morning and stopped in Ballard for grocery shopping. My next stop was the south end of Whidbey Island for a late lunch.
I anchored in Langley inlet on Whidbey Island. Everything was in bloom in this very pretty tourist town.
I have some nice pictures on my good camera, but don’t have a way to get them off yet. I will stop in Anacortes to buy a card reader.
