Our Boat - The "Grin Reaper"

This is our 1987 Sea Ray Sundancer 340 that we purchased in May 2006. Since then, we have enjoyed countless days on the "fresh" waters of Lake Union and Lake Washington with friends and family, and have even attended a few Husky Football games by cruising up to the stadium dock for some fun "tailgating" activities before and after the game.

Our boat is moored at the Nickerson Marina, located just east of the Ballard Bridge, which gives us easy access to both Lake Union/Washington as well as going through the Hiram M. Chittenden (Ballard) Locks out onto Puget Sound. It's also a quick 5-minute commute from our home in Ballard, which makes it even more conveinent to enjoy boating year round.

We are now planning our two-week adventure cruising up to the beautiful San Juan Islands and Southern Gulf Islands off the eastern coast line of Vancouver Island. Below is our scheduled itinerary that includes marinas we will visit and coves/bays in which we plan to drop anchor for the night. We will down-load photos and provide a daily log of the places we visit throughout our trip.

As we have never ventured up to the Canadian Gulf Islands, we're very excited to experience this incredible boating location and hope you'll enjoy the photos as part of our daily blog entry.