Summer Wandering
Late light on familiar water
Summer on the coast is not about ticking things off the list, it's about time.
Long days, early starts, and changing plans because the weather is good -or because it is not- turn into a season that feels more like the ebb and flow of the tide than a schedule. This is when wandering close to home makes sense, moving slowly and seeing familiar stretches of water in a new way.
FEATURED MAP
Map of Vancouver Island
This is an ocean‑focused wall map of Vancouver Island; from the calm waters of the Salish Sea to the wild edges of the West Coast. It is made for tracing paddling routes, ferry trips, and island hopping.
This map shows you the whole island all at once. You see how your regular runs link together, how close that “someday” inlet really is, and how much of your year is already shaped by this one piece of coastline. It is designed to live where the day’s plans are made and unpacked: on a wall on your boat, cabin, van, or favourite room ashore.
-Printed on archival‑quality art paper
-Designed to be practical art
-Ships in 2 to 5 days, with free shipping in Canada and the US
What This Map Is For
These maps are made for the seasons when your plans are flexible and the days are long. For tracing ferry routes and day trips with a finger. For talking through “if the weather holds, we could push to…” at the table. For remembering past summers as more than a list of places, instead seeing them as a pattern you keep coming back to.
It’s made for the kind of wandering that happens between obligations: A few extra days; A weather window that opens up; A chance to go one anchorage farther than last time. Summer wandering isn’t about escape so much as attention. Paying closer attention to the water you already know.
Why Summer Belongs on your Wall
Summer on the coast fills up quickly. Work, tides, visitors, weather, and deadlines all stack up until the days blur together. It’s easy to forget how much water there still is just beyond the next headland.
Screens show you one bay, one route, one forecast at a time. A paper map shows the whole season at once. Where you’ve already been, where you still mean to go, and how all those small decisions quietly add up to a life shaped by the water.
Summer Wandering Starts Here
Summer wandering rarely starts with a grand plan. More often, it starts with a coastline you already know well and the sense that there’s still more there than you’ve seen.
Hang a Coastal BC map where you’ll see it every day. Let it hold the routes you’ve done, the places you return to, and the ones you keep meaning to explore “next time.” Next time comes faster than you think.
