We have much to be thankful for this season. And amongst them is having you along virtually for the ride. Thank you for your kind words, your support and your friendship over the years – and particularly over these past couple of trying months. Wherever the day finds you, we hope it’s full […]
Dealing with Stress: Ending our Whole30 Diet Hack
It’s no doubt we’ve had a bit of stress in our lives this fall dealing with hurricanes and now the channel marker incident trying to leave the Keys. After returning to Marathon post-Irma, we really noticed our diet had gotten pretty unhealthy during all of the chaos. It was too easy to default to stress-eating […]
Hurricane Irma Evacuation and Return to Marathon, FL
This episode was difficult to create. It brought up so many emotions, especially with ongoing devastation from Hurricane Irma still being dealt with by many. It was a tough to go back and see ourselves processing the difficult decision of leaving our boat behind for a potential direct Category 5 strike. During this time period, […]
Arriving to the Keys – Pre-Irma Marathon
Ok.. time warp time again, this time taking you back to mid-August and our arrival to the Keys, and our time there before Hurricane Irma! I promise you, we’re working to get the travelogue caught up to real time! Thanks for hanging out with us! When we last ended our Great Loop travel journal entry, […]
They Say There are Two Types of Boaters… A Bump in the Water & Our First Tow
First of all, I apologize for the continual time jumping around in our posts. One moment it seems we’re leaving Ft. Myers, then we’re in the middle of a hurricane in the Keys, then we’re back in the Everglades in August, and now we’re skipping you back to present time in Miami. We’re trying to […]
Everglades National Park: Little Shark River & Cape Sable – A Big Storm ‘At Sea’
On our last post, we had just left the civilazation of Marco Island to start heading south to the Keys. We explored three amazing anchorages in the Ten Thousand Islands. Today, we pick up the journey and share about our next two stops in Everglades National Park. Keep in mind, this segment was in mid-August, […]
Returning to our Regularly Scheduled Content – Cruising Ten Thousand Islands
We have now been in Marathon, Florida for two months. TWO MONTHS!! Where has the time gone? Oh right, that little interruption we’ll just call Irma. We switched to real time updates during the evacuation, waiting for word on our boat and the initial recovery. And honestly, there was a span of time we didn’t […]
Moments of Normal Returns to The Keys: Burdines Waterfront Re-Opens
As we’ve passed the 1-month mark since Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys, folks here are still deep in dealing with the fall out. We’re in a location here at Burdines where we have to look harder to see signs of the destruction. Even the water is returning to that gorgeous green/turquoise color and marine […]
Hurricane Irma Recovery Update: It’s October Already?!?!
It seems like the month of September was one big blur, and suddenly we wake up and it’s October. A month ago, we were watching the weather forecasts and Irma was just this tropical threat that might give us some outer bands to contend with. And then wham, the next morning the forecasts shifted and […]
Back in Marathon Post-Irma: Re-United with Y-Not
Two weeks ago today Irma’s eyewall passed just a mere couple miles from Y-Not’s location in Marathon, striking as a full force Category 4 hurricane. From the safety of our bus parked nearly a 1000 miles away in Summerdale, AL – we watched on our security camera until cellular service went out in the early […]
