by Rachel | Jul 13, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
I’m going to do a quick cruiser’s review on a few of the places we’ve visited in the past couple months but am behind on for posting about. First up: Astoria’s West Basin Marina. This marina is a bit tricky to enter, or at least it can be, due...
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...