A Necessary Expedition: 81 Miles81 Miles of paddling separate the Mt. Fairweather, currently resting high and dry at Belcarra Regional Park in British Columbia, from Boulevard Park in Bellingham, WA. 81 Miles out through Burrard inlet, under the Second Narrows and Lion’s Gate Bridges, past Stanley Park and into English Bay. Past Jericho Beach with [...]

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After a round of hugs and promises to meet up with our new “beach family” again, we left Playa Coyote and crossed the peninsula to the Pacific side. We had 5 days to reach San Diego where Hayden and Heather would be getting on a plane to fly straight home to Bellingham – a brilliant [...]

Bahia De Concepcion Lighthouse in Loreto… watch that first step! (That door is about 2 stories up!) Kisses! Full Moon reflecting off the water Baja Full Moon Fish Village 1 year-old Carlito and his Mama Look what Papa taught me! Evening by the campfire Pelican on the beach Mission San Javier A few locals loving [...]

How is it camping on the Baja beaches with a less-than-year-old baby? It’s literally wonderful … as in full of wonder… a total awareness-amplifier.The birds, the sand, the sea life, the people… everything is an exciting new curiosity. Everything is something to point out or touch or taste. If it were just Brandon and I, [...]

Despite its smattering of 5-star hotels and plethora of $6 a night, sea-side palapa rentals, where vendors bring by piping hot tamales and fresh papaya every morning, and one can’t help but think, as juice drips from the chin, “I wonder what the rich are eating this morning?”, despite these and countless other manmade luxuries [...]

Grandma, Grandpa, Brandon, Heather and Hayden Storm We spent the past week in Ensenada Blanca where the company and paddling were both phenomenal! My parents are also traveling in Baja this winter. Ensenada Blanca, a favorite spot of theirs, was our chosen meeting place. Grandma and Grandpa returning from a snorkeling adventure on one of [...]

Merry Christmas from Bahia de Concepcion, Baja! With much love, Brandon, Heather and Hayden Storm

Bahia De Concepcion There is a moment in the course of every trip when you realize, regardless of time lapsed or distance traveled, that you have quite clearly “arrived.” It’s a feeling; an energy. And for Heather, Hayden and I, on this 2-month road trip in Baja, it occurred yesterday when we pulled into the [...]

It was eight years ago that Brandon and I loaded into our mustard yellow ’77 Westphalia pop-top and road-tripped our way through Baja for the first time. It was love at first sight. A year later, wanting to get to know every nook and cranny of the Sea of Cortez side of the Baja peninsula, [...]

Hayden Storm’s 9-Month ‘Yin Yang’ Birthday and Video…. Friday was a very special day in Hayden Storm’s young life. It was, what we have named, his ‘Yin Yang’ birthday. 9 months in the warmth and comfort of the womb, and 9 months experiencing the world with wide-eyed wonder makes for a day of perfect symmetry [...]

Double Dipper Day…. It’s not very often two epic races are scheduled on the same day… and at times that allow us to get to the starting line for both of them! But that’s exactly what happened yesterday here in Bellingham, and it couldn’t have been more fun. We started the day at the 2008 [...]