tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.comments2018-12-25T01:12:33.264-08:00Crawling From the USAchas_mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10365057094888352212noreply@blogger.comBlogger298125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-68451001836012786242014-03-19T10:58:45.021-07:002014-03-19T10:58:45.021-07:00nice onenice oneAlisiahttp://www.guidepedia.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-78988441877774095952012-01-12T02:36:28.608-08:002012-01-12T02:36:28.608-08:00I am so happy to have found this, it really touche...I am so happy to have found this, it really touched my heart and brings tears to my eyes to know that Josh was cared about in this way by his friends...<br /><br />I am one of his sisters. I am at work right now and was thinking about Josh, as the time nears when it all happened I seem to think about him much more. <br /><br />The pain of missing him gave me the idea of typing his name into google to see if there was anything out there about him that would comfort me, and then I found this site.<br /><br />Thank you so much for your kind words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-38883732094631170092011-07-25T09:43:25.883-07:002011-07-25T09:43:25.883-07:00Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, actually.....Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, actually.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-43437888822626437752011-07-04T21:27:57.699-07:002011-07-04T21:27:57.699-07:00Prince William :PPrince William :PPlunkybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07875915541117897995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-71630644094976670052010-10-31T17:15:38.619-07:002010-10-31T17:15:38.619-07:00You bastards!
-Joey ReynoldsYou bastards!<br />-Joey ReynoldsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-67450852801282766632010-09-10T11:02:21.875-07:002010-09-10T11:02:21.875-07:00Congratulations! I hope you will have the time to...Congratulations! I hope you will have the time to continue updating the blog....<br /><br />Salt Spring Fall Fair next weekend.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-17443955540213078532010-08-17T04:17:00.421-07:002010-08-17T04:17:00.421-07:00Absolutely remarkable stuff, thank you so much for...Absolutely remarkable stuff, thank you so much for these posts!!<br /><br />I particularly love the line "In truly Canadian fashion we did an amazing thing, with complete anonymity."<br /><br />Sadly so true!!<br /><br />I'm just dumbfounded that you found a wonderful way to link all four of those posts together. Serendipity is amazing.chas_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365057094888352212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-3603704605348455082010-08-16T22:19:00.907-07:002010-08-16T22:19:00.907-07:00Part 2 : The boats that intercepted the Tamil...Part 2 : The boats that intercepted the Tamil's ship included the RCMP vessel Nadon. In 2000 she had been (temporarily) re-named the St Roch II. On July 1st the St Roch II left Vancouver, and headed north. In August she crossed from Alaskan waters back in Canadian waters at Tuktoyuktuk and continued east through the Canadian Arctic, via the North West Passage. Late September she arrived in Halifax, and the continued on south via the American coast, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, back up the California coast and arrived back in Vancouver in December IIRC having become one of a very very few vessels to have circumnavigated the continent. The original St Roch was the first vessel every to make that circumnavigation. The St Roch II also became the first catamaran and the first aluminum vessel to circumnavigate the continent. But she does not hold the record for fastest circumnavigation.<br /><br />That record belongs to the (now retired) Canadian Coast Guard Ship Simon Fraser, that accompanied the St Roch II through the NW passage as a support vessel. Nearly twenty of the volunteer crew and officers of the Simon Fraser for that trip (and us) met at the Milestones overlooking the harbour and the dragon boat races this past weekend, to retell the tale and spin a yarn or two.<br /><br />In truly Canadian fashion we did an amazing thing, with complete anonymity.<br /><br />So - if you get a chance to tour the RCMP vessel Nadon, ask them why they have a Narwhale tusk on the bulkhead. You might get an interesting story. Or better yet, visit the St Roch at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. It's worth a visit to learn the story of the crew and Captain, who earned the Polar Medal - more difficult to get than the Victoria Cross. <br /><br />"Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage<br />To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;<br />Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage<br />And make a Northwest Passage to the sea."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-57997359471382887472010-08-16T22:18:22.236-07:002010-08-16T22:18:22.236-07:00Part 1 : Hello from Salt Spring, again. Let me ...Part 1 : Hello from Salt Spring, again. Let me just say that lately your posts have been very timely. First the 'Investigator', then Stan Roger's North West Passage (I've already linked those two in earlier posts. Now, you manage to do it again. Twice. I can weave this thread through the Tamil immigrant's ship and the Dragon Boat Races. Thanks! <br /><br />This weekend was not just the Dragon Boat Festival. It was also the 10 year reunion bash of the Crew of the Simon Fraser, and the St Roch II Voyage of rediscovery. <br /><br />For brevity, I'll let you do some research yourself. But search on RCMP vessel St Roch, currently housed at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Amazing story. Then in 2000 the Museum and the RCMP mounted an expedition that put recreated one of the St Roch's missions through the arctic. While we were there, we looked for Franklin's ships (the Investigator link) and Stan's NW Passage was an unofficial anthem (the fireworks night link).<br /><br />[continued]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-63168401185469404892010-08-10T03:55:35.715-07:002010-08-10T03:55:35.715-07:00Well, dang.... that would have made the Esperanoph...Well, dang.... that would have made the Esperanophones in that province, um.... over there on the other side of the mountains, somewhere, .... happy to finally have one of their own picked as GG.<br /><br />Which also also begs the question - Why is Captain Kirk fluent in Esperanto? Really, think about this... why would he have taken the time to learn a, basically, new language?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-50644138890946790362010-08-09T23:11:50.348-07:002010-08-09T23:11:50.348-07:00UPDATE: I am now reliably informed that Shatner is...UPDATE: I am now reliably informed that Shatner is also fluent (FLUENT!) in Esperanto. Yes, really.chas_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365057094888352212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-84186480662080638922010-08-09T22:44:38.747-07:002010-08-09T22:44:38.747-07:00Bilingual? Shatner is at least TRI-lingual! He spe...Bilingual? Shatner is at least TRI-lingual! He speaks English, Hebrew, and Klingon! :)<br /><br />(I have actually heard him speak in French but I don't know if he really knows it or not)chas_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365057094888352212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-9624287936083186792010-08-09T10:15:31.380-07:002010-08-09T10:15:31.380-07:00I'll always wonder if Shatner would have gotte...I'll always wonder if Shatner would have gotten the nod if he had been bilingual. We'll never know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-32774112947510684112010-08-02T08:43:24.896-07:002010-08-02T08:43:24.896-07:00Thank you x 2!
First: it's always good to be r...Thank you x 2!<br />First: it's always good to be reminded of Stan's NW Passage. There is no version that comes close to Stan's original, though. I had initially focussed on the historical aspect, but one summer I was driving across the country. Playing NW Passage late at night, as I crossed Saskatchewan put a whole new meaning to that song - still can't hear it without my eyes tearing up slightly. That song *is* about driving west, and the thoughts that meander through the mind in that half-hypnotic state when you have been on the road with nothing but your thoughts for a length of time. The other classic song, incidentally, for late night drives through the prairies is Gordon Lightfoot's Railroad Trilogy. To really *get* it you have to be sitting at a remote crossing, watching - literally - a mile or more of grain cars go past. Or to be driving a road parallel to the train as moves through the landscape, accelerating and slowing as it crests the hills and troughs of the prairie landscape. That one can also make my eyes moist.<br /><br />Second: Thanks for solving a mystery. We (on Salt Spring) thought we were hearing thunder last night. Probably was the 1812, fireworks and cannons.<br /><br />Finally.... Stan also did Barrett's Privateer's.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w<br /><br />However - - once you have digested that ditty, you should track down Garnett's Homemade Beer. <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpNVJ1Ub-8I<br />As I understand it, Garnett is Stan's brother, and the "Steely Eyed Stan" referred to in the song is Stan Roger's himself, and the song was written by one of Stan's band members and probably never really supposed to be made public. Enjoy. Get the band at the Irish Pub to strike up Barrett's Privateers and you'll likely be surprised how many in the crowd know the song.<br /><br />And Finally Finally.... your earlier post on the Investigator is, of course, directly connected to Stan's NW Passage. <br /><br />Thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-51269254007367171352010-07-29T13:04:45.235-07:002010-07-29T13:04:45.235-07:00This may be the summer that they find the Erebus a...This may be the summer that they find the Erebus and Terror. Now *that* would be cool! Ten years ago we had an opportunity to walk a long the beach of an unnamed island in the western arctic archipelago looking for "stuff" left behind by the John Franklin expedition.<br /><br />Actually, there were a number of us Salt Springers up there..... we get around, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-87455141246472646442010-06-25T17:04:33.907-07:002010-06-25T17:04:33.907-07:00Thank you, I believe its fixed now.Thank you, I believe its fixed now.chas_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365057094888352212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-18422512598829886152010-06-24T11:07:56.712-07:002010-06-24T11:07:56.712-07:00No picture is there.No picture is there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-29459610437299348012010-06-22T09:16:30.691-07:002010-06-22T09:16:30.691-07:00That's why it's called "Junuary"...That's why it's called "Junuary" in this part of the world. <br /><br />We all want it to be summer, we are waiting for summer, we can't wait for it to be summer. We yearn for summer. But June is not summer here. <br /><br />We all have found memories of warm summer evenings in June. Of getting sweaty in the garden in June ..... but that was BBC (before BC).... sigh.<br /><br />Though this June may have been a bit more pre-February than most. Even on Salt Spring our peas are waiting for some warmth.<br /><br />But it will be July soon.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-22932994531053857662010-06-21T18:26:56.483-07:002010-06-21T18:26:56.483-07:00"As I write this on the morning of 21-June, i..."As I write this on the morning of 21-June, it’s about 12C/54F and cloudy. It’s not expected to crack 70°F this week (admittedly it was maybe ten degrees warmer this time last year) and we still get a modest amount of rain (normally by this time the rain has more or less stopped for the summer months). We are loving it."<br /><br />Personally, I'd love it to be about 10 degrees warmer...I'm itching to wear my sandals and tank tops more, and a jump into Thetis Lake or Durrance Lake is on my mind...but it has to be way hotter to do that. Later this summer, hopefully.Plunkybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07875915541117897995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-43708862474391936462010-06-21T12:09:44.890-07:002010-06-21T12:09:44.890-07:00Those Wares don't have the height genes, do th...Those Wares don't have the height genes, do they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-47078827835773784822010-06-13T10:39:25.400-07:002010-06-13T10:39:25.400-07:00Let me be the first to welcome you (officially) in...Let me be the first to welcome you (officially) in your blog. I've been following your adventures here, and hope you'll keep it up, and help us all keep this a pretty good place to live, work, and love!<br /><br />- ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-27524438650271956042010-06-13T10:05:44.321-07:002010-06-13T10:05:44.321-07:00Congratulations!
(your irregular Salt Spring corr...Congratulations!<br /><br />(your irregular Salt Spring correspondent)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-29971274919133247812010-06-05T00:57:10.925-07:002010-06-05T00:57:10.925-07:00Fair points, but I think the purpose of the site i...Fair points, but I think the purpose of the site is to show the SIZE of the leak to people who don't live near enough to the Gulf of Mexico to appreciate that, rather than to represent what the leak would look like under different oceanographic/geologic conditions.<br /><br />But as you mention, had a disaster of that magnitude happened off the Maritimes or off California's coast, the resulting mass would travel differently and could have an even bigger impact that what we're seeing so far.chas_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365057094888352212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-2540913174166017122010-06-04T13:01:59.470-07:002010-06-04T13:01:59.470-07:00Not really an accurate representation at all - the...Not really an accurate representation at all - the spill is unlikely to run up the sides of the mountains on Vancouver Island, the North Shore of Vancouver, and the Olympics.<br /><br />And, the spill would have spread much much further. The Gulf of Mexico has negligible tides, the Strait of Georgia has ferocious tidal currents - as I'm sure you've noticed on walks by the beaches.<br /><br />40 plus days of the oil being pushed up and down, back and forth, twice a day, by currents that can reach 12+ knots.<br /><br />I think any spill in the Strait would have spread all the way up the inside waterways to Port Hardy, and spilled all the way out into the Pacific where it would have been pushed far up and down the coast.<br /><br />Thankfully there are no oil deposits under Salt Spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503206839949701676.post-69519297141973794002010-05-23T08:01:03.830-07:002010-05-23T08:01:03.830-07:00aw, the bunnies are so cute!
if they think rabbit...aw, the bunnies are so cute!<br /><br />if they think rabbits are destructive, they should try living with FOUR housecats (Lana, Tala, Roland and Mezz aka "the Kids") like i do :)<br /><br />benAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com