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Early Winter Prince George

Early winter in Prince George, British Columbia - Skiing Pilot Mountain and a sunset -20C walk in Forests for the World Park.

S1:E6| Sailboat Adventure to Treasure Island & Clipper Cove

We sail out into the sunset....well motor actually. Regardless, we're headed out for some Island Time! Even if just for the weekend...for now, we escape to Treasure Island and Clipper Cove for a couple of chill nights at anchor. Paddle boards, beach time, reading and rum! It also happened to be the last weekend of the month which means that the Treasure Island Flea was under way! (Now, called the Treasure Fest)

We'd never been to the little art show before but we'd sailed past a month earlier and saw a great line up of food trucks, bars and heard live music playing. Of course we knew we needed to head back for an adventure!

Clipper Cove is actually one of our favorite places to boat to as it is a beautiful sail or only about a twenty minute motor over from our slip at Emery Cove. There is something really different about our mindset when we're at anchor out away from the dock. For one, we don't have endless electricity or water. We're forced to think about how much of both of those precious commodities we consume. We spend a lot less time online and more time laughing together and reading and playing in the sand. That's the good stuff.

There's more to it than that though. A while back, Jen's Great Uncle Robert told us some stories about the 'Great San Francisco World Fair' that was held on Treasure Island in 1939 and 1940. He told us it was the first time he'd seen a video camera work. His father was in one room and waved at the camera while he was in another and he could see him on the screen. He was overwhelmed with fascination. I came home and hopped online to find some absolutely amazing footage. I've included some of it in this episode.

I also found some footage that showed Clipper Cove in 1939 or the early 1940's which revealed how it got it's name. The founder of Pan American Airlines built boats that were made to fly from the US all the way across the Pacific Ocean. He named them Clipper Planes, in the hopes that people would associate them with the Clipper Ships that were well known to be the great ocean liners of the maritime world. I often sit in our cockpit and gaze out over the water imagining one of those giant, old planes revving it's engines up for a take off across the Pacific, toward Hawaii. Crazy!

We also stumbled across a simple advertisement which was run during the exposition that read, Don't Fail to Visit the Incubator Babies - On the Gayway - Kept alive in incubators. Worlds tiniest little babies born prematurely. Truly authentic - ethnically operated. What TF?! As you can imagine, Jen gasped, got up from the table and stomped off. I too was shocked that this could have possibly been real and went straight to Google. This article from BBC titled, 'How One Man Saved A Generation of Premature Babies', tells a bit more of the story and explains things in more detail. Yikers!

There is so much more fascinating history about Treasure Island, Yerba Buena and Clipper Cove. If it's interesting to you, go check out the Treasure Island Museum website.

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Book: Ann Vanderhoof - An Embarrassment of Mangoes
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Music Credit:
-Circus Waltz - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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Artist:
-Thomas Jefferson March - United States Marine Band - YouTube Audio Library
-Benny Goodmans Orchestra at the Manhattan Room
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Video Footage Credit:
Prelinger Archives

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