It was minus 23C in Fernie this morning. That's not a pleasant temperature for anyone, and that includes the locals. In spite of temperatures which are a definite shock to our systems, we're both very pleased with our decision to make Fernie our new home. And I say that even though we've only been here a week. To anyone who ever asked, we always said that if we were to move back to Canada, it would be to British Columbia. As…

On several occasions we have taken note how certain cruising friends, once finished with their life on the water, so easily slid back into accumulating all the trappings of life on land. I don't say that to judge because comfort and toys can feel good. Our promise to one another though, and I express that same promise to you, our readers: we do not intend to follow that same path. We have become so accustomed to living in small spaces with…

One day you're sweating in the tropics and the next you're freezing your butt off in the great white north. Isn't airline travel magical? August 1, 2010, was the day that we formally left Canada to begin our cruising adventure. Seven and a half years later we returned to our home country and it's almost as if nothing has changed. Canada still has colorful money, there are still Tim Hortons coffee shops on every corner, and the winters are still…