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Joel -- Thanks for your comments-- glad you are enjoying the book. Meeting folks like you is the real joy of cruising -- the scenery and nature are wonderful, but sharing that with good friends is the real pleasure in life for us -- and our cruising together with you and other great...

El and Bill.... I have been reading your book....like a fine wine, just a chapter at a time...and enjoying it more than I have enjoyed any book in years..... it is so neat .... knowing you all these years and now reading your philosophy of long cruising ... how you did it and what it's all...

Joel -- Glad you did -- a little humor in the day, is great. Sorta like watching Donald Trump. Best to you . El and Bill

Great trip. So glad it worked out well for you, and how encouraging it is for the others to consider what you just enjoyed. Best to you. El and Bill

Pat and Patty-- Just got an email from Amazon.com. Are you sitting down? We are #10 on Amazon's best seller book list! Well, drilling down, we are #10 on their eKindle booklist for Travel US. Thanks for buying that book -- that probably was #25 and now our royalty might buy...

Thanks for the posts -- this site has been a great pub to share with good friends

We have just completed condensing our website into an Ebook -- available from Amazon.com. We think it is a good book for those considering a boat, or who have just bought a boat. Also should be of interest for those considering cruising longer distances. The price is right --$2.99 Product...

Tomorrow we fly to Edmonton. Then the next day to Kugluktuk on the Arctic Ocean. We board an ice-hardened commercial ship to cruise for three weeks through the Canadian arctic Islands to Greenland's west coast, then in and out of fjiords along the coast, and then late in the month fly back to...

Wow - thanks George - that will sure make our old scout compass a marvelous entertainment. Your GPS was a joy, and got you through the arctic.

"Be prepared -- that's the Boy Scouts marching song." If an electronic system (or systems) can fail, someday they will. We will be cruising north of the magnetic pole in a few weeks, so my old scout compass might have a problem.:-)

Your shallower draft with the new boat will open up many fine places not available to others. There are so many coves and small harbors in the sound -- anchoring in those when the winds are right, will be a delight. When the conditions are fine, circumnavigating Long Island can be a delight...

http://www.denverpost.com/environment/c ... est-toward More on the animas river water heading downstream

You had a great trip with fine companions. Thanks for the summary. Welcome home.

Larry - Great. So glad you enjoyed it.

We have had a good discussion of tsunamis and earthquake hazard for residents or cruisers in the San Juans. For those interested in the geology of the area, the following might be of interest: http://cruisingamerica-halcyondays.com/sanjuan.htm

The hazard cruising in the San Juans, or living in the islands, is not just an earthquake offshore to the west and a tsunami coming through the Strait -- There are faults zones that cross the islands that have generated earthquakes or tsunamis in the past. The Dept of Emergency info site below...

Thanks for the good responses. Information is available at FEMA on line. Shake Alert is another interesting site -- the hope is to alert folks via iPhone or similar at the first shock -- seismic waves travel at different speeds -- the most destructive (usually) are slower than the initial...

A follow up from the Seattle Times: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-new ... read-this/

We have discussed this with Brats in the past. Here is a recent article on the subject. Do you know how to react if you receive a warning about a tsunami if you are on your boat or at the dock? What about a warning of seismic waves you receive at home, or work or shopping? Do your...

What a marvelous cruise - keep us posted We are on a virtual cruise with you, and you bring back so many wonderful memories. Bon Voyage!