Blue Moon Life Archive – Page 4

We took advantage of a breezy day to get Blue Moon off her mooring, and we learn a little more each time. We then traded in our sails for paddles...

Well we were hoping we wouldn’t have to make a video like this… but sometimes life happens and you just have to make the best of things.

We wanted to explain why we’ve been distant from social media these last few weeks and give you an update on what’s been going on behind the camera.

The seasons are changing, and we are getting ready to sail the boat back to our winter home on the docks!

This was our first trip in a while, and even though we didn’t get much wind, it was amazing to be out on the water again.

This is the start of a new chapter, where we leave our solar powered life behind to ride out the winter with shore power and water hookups at the dock.

We bring you along for some of our Halloween / Fall traditions like carving pumpkins, roasting pumpkin seeds, and making cozy hot dinners for a very rainy day.

We were hit by our first storm of the season, which was a good reminder of what winter boat life really is.

Winter came early this year with a sudden snow storm and cold snap. This early season snow was a reminder about what winter boat life is really about.

After some early season snow and wind storms passed over, we decided it was time to officially pack up the boat for winter.

We’ve had a very stormy winter living aboard our sailboat. La Niña continues to reminds us of her powers… with snow storms, high winds, and atmospheric rivers.

Welcome to a simple winter day in our life living on a 30 ft sailboat on the West Coast. We have lived on the boat for 3 winters now.

Snowstorm warning!! I was solo this week, and this is the most snow that has ever fallen on our little sailboat home, and this time it stuck!

Snowstorms, windstorms, ice, rain, crashing waves, and blistering heat. This video is about last year, and the start of a new one.

Welcome to a raw look into our morning routine on the sailboat, where we cook up some pancakes, play guitar, and do some engine maintenance.

In this video we show you how to change the starter and tension the pulley on a Universal M-30 diesel engine.

Another cold snap brought freezing temperatures overnight which meant for some chilly mornings. But that didn't stop us from getting some boat maintenance done.

Welcome to a very simple day in the life while living alone on a 30 foot sailboat. Even on the simplest of days, there's never a dull moment aboard Blue Moon.

In this video we take you out to one of our favourite spots on the the beautiful west coast of Canada to experience the cold and restless waters of the pacific.

Why is van life ending? It's not because we don't love our off road camper van... This video was a while in the making, but we felt we needed to finish it.

It was another cold and windy week living aboard the sailboat... but we think it might be one of the last of the winter season before the spring weather...

A big theme of mornings on the sailboat (while moored in the city) is that we are never far from the bustling of the outside world, so we take our moments...

In this video, we spend some time hiding from rainy weather by making homemade pizza, and then we get our little dinghy back into the water for the season!

This is the beginning of our preparations to set sail for the summer. We replaced the kill switch on our outboard dinghy engine and got out on the water.

This week's Blue Moon Life video brings you along on one of our favourite ways to spend a day off: visiting wilderness parks on the wild pacific coast of Canada.

We are sharing a reading of excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays about nature, which first appeared in 1836.

Blue moon life is going back off grid! After a winter living tied up to the dock, we are headed back off grid into the islands of the Pacific Northwest!

We sailed our boat off grid. Welcome to part 2 of our first (and chilly) Spring sailing adventure through some islands of the Pacific Northwest.

Welcome to another Blue Moon Life video - this time, a short feature from Springtime in Northern Canada! The snow is melting, the rivers and streams are swelling

A simple day in the life, living off grid on our sailboat. The transition from the docks to going off grid is a welcome change.

Welcome to our first van camping trip of the season! In this episode, we take our not-so-4x4 converted minivan up into Northern BC to do some exploring and camping along some beautiful rivers and a lake. We enjoy a campfire and a relaxing break away from o...

Earlier this spring, before the wildfires took over the landscape in the north, we drove our converted camper van to the shores of one of the longest lakes in British Columbia. We set up to camp off grid and enjoyed the quiet of the park, sounds of loons f...

In this video, we drove our converted minivan camper farther north in Canada than we have ever been - right to the edge of Alaska! We enjoyed the long days of light with the northern spring sun, and were grateful to see some wonders of nature, including gl...

The last of our Northern van life series before heading back to the coast! Welcome to the beautiful, green, wild north coast of British Columbia! In this video, we take you with us along one of the biggest rivers in the west and share the amazing animal an...

Welcome back to Blue Moon Life - we have been away for a while (sorry about that - the summer has taken some unexpected twists), but are very happy to be back with a new summer boat life video where we get the sails up. If you enjoyed this video and want t...

Welcome back to Blue Moon Life! In this video, we take you on an afternoon sail in the beautiful Pacific Northwest of Canada. It was a sunny, breezy day, which gave us the perfect opportunity for a day off on the water. In the evening, we tried our first-e...