Looking at a boat route before leaving the dock can be a little misleading. The screen makes everything look settled. There is a blue line running across the water, a destination waiting at the other...

From the shore, the water usually looks pretty simple. You can see the boats moving across it, watch the small waves coming toward the edge, and look across to the other side without thinking much...

The first part of a boat ride is usually busy. People are getting comfortable, someone is still moving a bag around, and there is always a little conversation about where to go first. Everyone is...

The first hour on a boat can go by without you really noticing it. When you first leave the dock, there is usually a lot going on. People are finding a place to sit, talking about where they should...

There are places you can visit so often that you stop thinking about how to get there. You know the road, the turns, the parking lot and probably even the spot where you usually stop for a drink. On...

There are places you visit so often that you stop thinking about the distance between them. You know where you are starting, you know where you are going, and most of the time the part in between is...

Most boat trips have a place they are going to. A marina, a friend's dock, a favourite fishing spot, a restaurant on the water. You leave one familiar place and head toward another, and it is easy to...

Most boat rides have a reason behind them. You are going somewhere. Maybe it is another marina, a friend's dock, a restaurant, or just a quiet place to spend some time. You leave one familiar spot and...

A boat trip usually starts with some kind of plan. Someone decides where to go, what time to leave, and maybe where everyone wants to stop. It sounds organized when you talk about it before leaving...

There is usually a plan when people go boating. Leave the dock, follow a route, spend some time at a certain place, and eventually come back. It sounds simple enough. But there is always a part of the...

A place can look close when you are standing on the shore. You can see the other side, pick out a building or recognize a dock, and think it cannot be very far away. Then you get on a boat and start...

There is something funny about seeing the same shoreline from a boat over and over again. You can pass the same houses, docks, trees and little stretches of land many times, and still notice something...

A place can look very close when you are standing on the shore. You can see the dock, the houses, or a familiar piece of shoreline and feel like you already know exactly what is over there. Then you...

A place can look surprisingly close when you are standing on the shore. You can see the buildings, the dock, or the other side of the water and think you could almost point to it with your finger...

There is a point on some boat trips when everything seems to settle down. The engine is still running, the boat is still moving, and people are still talking, but the first excitement of leaving the...