by Rachel | Jul 12, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog
It’s been a bit since I posted a real-time update on here. We’re having so much fun and jumping from place to place so often that it’s getting hard for me to keep up. This is a good thing!! So, I left off on our time spent at Elliot Bay Marina. It...
by Rachel | Jun 27, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
We spent just one night in Cathlamet at the Elochoman Marina but it was still a memorable stop and a visit we’ll long remember. We arrived at about 5pm, after a 4-hour trip downriver from Kalama Washington. A few notes about arriving at Elochoman Marina in...
by Rachel | Jun 26, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
I’ve fallen a little behind on writing up my reviews of the places we stopped on the Columbia River on our way down to Astoria last month. Sorry about that but I’ll be trying to catch up soon! This review is of the guest dock at the Port of Kalama in...
by Rachel | Jun 9, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Passage Review
To read the first part of this two-part post, click here! At 4am, when my shift ended, I decided to try to get some sleep. The excitement of the rocks in the darkness had passed and I was tired. I didn’t want to try to stay up for sunrise. If it had fallen in my watch...
by Rachel | Jun 1, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Passage Review
Well, after years of planning and preparations, on May 19th at 7:00AM, we cast off the dock lines in Astoria to cross the Columbia River bar and turn north in our first ever ocean passage and first real step in becoming full-time cruisers. Because neither Brenden or...
by Rachel | May 25, 2019 | Mosaic Kids
By Evan, age 9. We were in Astoria with the boat because we were getting ready to head up to the Puget Sound. One day, we drove across the bridge to visit my cousins. Driving to see them, we passed Fort Columbia and I wanted to go. So we decided to go. We came up with...
by Rachel | May 11, 2019 | Cruiser's Review
Monday afternoon we moved from Sand Island at St. Helens Oregon over to the St. Helens Public Docks just across the channel. It was a quick hop and we were able to dock easily despite the high winds. The docks are very nice, well-maintained, with nice large cleats....
by Rachel | May 7, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
Last Saturday we left our home slip in Portland Oregon for the last time. We’re now fulltime, liveaboard cruisers and we’re making our way toward Astoria and then will be heading up to the Puget Sound. I want to be sure that I remember all the places that...
by Rachel | Apr 24, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog
We’ve only got ONE WEEKEND LEFT to finish the necessary boat projects and be ready to cast the lines and head for Astoria. Ten days from today, we will be leaving our home slip in Portland Oregon, the only home we’ve known since moving into our 40-foot...
by Rachel | Apr 14, 2019 | Boat Projects & Improvements, Mosaic Voyage Blog
Quick post, but I wanted to share our liferaft plan for our trip north from Portland Oregon up to the Puget Sound. Because we’re planning to be in the Puget Sound area for the next 2-3 years, we didn’t want to purchase a new liferaft right now. We want to...
