It’s hard to believe 4 years have flown by since we pulled into Sanford, FL as our pandemic shelter in place location. We knew that COVID wasn’t going away anytime soon, and Sanford felt like the right place to hunker down to ride it out. We’d be near family, friends and have decent hurricane protection […]
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Kiki’s Final Adventure (October 10th, 2008 – July 29th, 2024)
It is with deep sadness in our hearts that we share that our beloved Kiki passed away last week (Monday, July 29th) after nearly 16 years of full time nomadic adventures with us. The boat feels so empty without her. Kiki conquered our hearts back in November 2008. We had stopped in to visit our […]
2023 Travel Route & Year in Review
It’s the end of another year, and a time to reflect back before moving on. This tradition of annual wrap-up posts has become part of the fun of sharing for us. 2023 wraps up 17 years on the road for us together! We had a nicely split year between our 3 nomadic vessels: Y-Not (boat): […]
St. Johns River – Cruising
The St. Johns River is an amazing side trip cruise off the ICW or Great Loop. It starts in Vero Beach and flows north to Jacksonville, with the navigable part by a larger boat starting in Sanford, Florida. We took our first side trip to Sanford in late 2018, and have cruised the river multiple […]
Back to Sanford: Cruising Southbound on the St. Johns River & Exploring New to Us Anchorages (Crescent Lake, Mud Creek Cove)
Our final project at Lamb’s Yacht Center was replacing our front deck hatches. Our original Bomar hatches were now over 20 years old and had several parts failing, and they needed to be re-bedded to fix a leak that had developed. We opted for replacing them instead of trying to rebuild – as it would […]
A Nomadic Fleet: Vintage Bus, Camper Van and Boat
As we approach our 16th year on the road, it seems we have built a nomadic fleet. And we’ve received a lot of questions on how it’s working out to manage a boat, a van and a bus. The quick answer – far better than we ever imagined. Before we left Zephyr behind in Arizona […]
2022 Travel Route & Year in Review
It’s the end of another year, and a time to reflect back before moving on. This annual tradition of posts has become part of the fun of sharing. 2022 wraps up 16 years on the road for us together! In many ways, our 2022 travels mimics much of our approach in 2021. We kept a […]
Retrospective: 2017 – Gratitude & Humility
After 10 years on the road in various RVs, we decided to switch it up by getting a boat in 2017. While we had established ourselves as ‘experts’ in the RV space, we were now Strangers in a Strange Land.. err.. water. We were complete newbies having gone from an inflatable kayak to a 47′ […]
Exploring Around Benson, Arizona – Tombstone, Bisbee, Kartchner Caverns
We picked Benson, Arizona as our RV winter home base for many reasons – not the least of which is how much we love SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park. It’s a great place to leave Zephyr behind and rejoin up for winter adventures. Benson itself offers all of the basic amenities you might need in […]
Retrospective: 2018 – Correcting the Course
Our first year of boat ownership was definitely not without a huge learning curve. And despite the challenges, we were loving it. At the beginning of 2018, it was time to get back to our intentions – continue our Great Loop and integrate in part of the year with RVing. Fresh out of the boat […]