The Adventures of Shatoosh and Pashmina

Shatoosh, an Albin 25 HN 1124, and Pashmina, a 9 foot Porta Bote have cruised over 8,500nm on 70 navigable waterways in the California Delta, the Columbia, Snake, Willamette Rivers and the Salish Sea of Washington and British Columbia. In 2011 they crossed the Columbia River bar to cruise the Washington coast and in 2012 they replicated Peter Puget's 1792 exploration of the southern waters of Puget Sound. In 2015 and 2016 the boats were sold. In 2018 Shatoosh was sold again and is in AZ.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Kerry West Marina 2 June 2011

In, The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame writes:

Take the Adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a bithesome step forward, and you are out of the old life and into the new! Then someday, some day long hence, jog home....when the cup has been drained and the play has been played, sit down by your quiet river with a store of goodly memories for company.

Thank you, oh great rivers of the west, we are blessed. You have filled our mug full of wonderful stories that people around the world now enjoy, by sipping, one tale at a time. I savor each moment, each encounter, every bend in the river, as I know, I will not pass this way again.