Living on what was then remote Olympic Peninsula, only a quarter of a mile from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, where some of my earliest memories included the wispy fog that rolled gently and silently through the stands of second growth fir and alder, drifting across the cleared fields below the house. I would…
By Becky Wehrli Jim and I set off on my first ocean voyage yesterday on Autumn Daze at 4am, from Warrenton, OR to Neah Bay, WA. As I sit here on the swim deck of our 43’ Beneteau enjoying the placid water of the bay, watching freighters pass in the Strait of Juan de Fuca,…
Editor: Sometimes this writer is glad that he’s saved old tear sheets from stories he published over the years. Looking back also affords him the opportunity to revisit his life’s learning curve. From January 1999 ’48 North’, magazine. Water Nazis! I don’t ever want to hear anyone say that of the Coast Guard again! I…
Most of us who grew up in the Pacific Northwest have no Idea who the Straits of Juan de Fuca was named after. Most of us, who lived and sailed around that body of water, just called it “the straits”. But then again when those of my siblings or me sitting in the back seat…
Given the political climate of today when the President of the United States, want’s to send in the US Army into American cities such as Portland. And then use our cites as training grounds for future foreign wars, I thought it necessary to include this pamphlet the US Army gave to our troops in Germany…