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Peter has been doing 24-hour watches since he was a child and now as a licensed captain sleeping in snatches while being alert to ship and crew seems to be instinctive. No only does he come up the companionway to check on us, he uses whatever issue Jack and I are ... At reports of worsening weather, we make a detour, motoring several hours to get out its path. Now southerly winds mix with rain and push us on. Opposite the Queen Charlotte Strait, the weather turns nasty. ...

"Community on evacuation alert as wildfire threatens;" "Forest fires and smoke force hundreds to leave their homes;" "Wildfire destroys homes and structures-these are the all-too-frequent headlines in Canada's Wildland-Urban Interface. They affect thousands of people; ... With a formidable 6.0-liter V-12 beneath the hood, the high style of BMW's popular 7 Series sedan, and the joy of zero emission motoring…what's not to like? It's no easy thing to predict the future. ...

On the other side the road opens up and I enjoy about an hour's worth of leisurely motoring through hills and green paddies. There are enough wide sweeping corners and low rises to keep me interested and to get a feel of how the bike goes at speed. .... It is she who alerts me to the fact Australia has a new Prime Minister which impresses the shit out of me (the alert, not the change of leadership). Over successive evenings the chatting gets longer, occasioning hours, ...