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Articles by Lauren Upham
Still So Worth It
And then there were four. Our second child, Carina, was born on June 24, 2024. She went sailing for her first time when she was just over two weeks old. We had taken her older sister, Vela, sailing for the first time when she was around the same age; she’s two-and-a-half now. It was harder for me to get excited about going cruising now that we had two. Postpartum emotions were running high and low, and staying in our home bubble felt easier and less stressful.
#TBT: Echoes of a Homesteading Past on Jedediah Island
Every time we drop the hook at Jedediah Island, we dream about leaving the modern world behind to try our hand at homesteading. A small island tucked between Lasqueti and Texada islands in the middle of the Strait of Georgia, Jedediah had previously been used for that exact purpose. The island was purchased by the Foote family of Vancouver back in 1890. During their 30 years on Jedediah, they cleared land for a pasture, established an orchard, and built a house at Home Bay.
A Boat, A Baby, and Bears!
Readers of 48° North surely recall Lauren Upham’s previously published stories of cruising the Salish Sea, baking sourdough on-board, and bringing their newborn daughter on her first cruise. In summer 2023, this young family hopped on their J/40 Velella and went farther north. Here’s a vignette into their cruising life, as they pass British Columbia’s storied Cape Caution and have an extraordinary wildlife experience in Eucott Bay.
Baby On Board - 48° North
The first time we took Vela to our J/40 Velella, she was just two-and-a-half weeks old. We pulled up to the Point Roberts border crossing. “Just the two of you?” the border officer asked. “And our daughter,” Ches said, passing the border officer her birth certificate. He rolled down the back window so the officer could see Vela in her car seat. Our daughter… It is still surreal to me that I have a daughter, I am a mom, and Ches is a dad.
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