Our last post was on October 6 – just as we passed a previous record flood level from 1953 here at the waterfront in Downtown Sanford Lake Monroe ended up cresting at 8.96′ above normal on October 9th, and the waters have been slowly receding since then. We’ve been living in flood conditions for 20 days […]
Hurricane Ian’s Aftermath – Record Flooding at the Downtown Sanford Marina & the St. Johns River
Just a few short days ago, I ended our Hurricane Ian experience on a positive note with only slight mention of water rising here at the Downtown Sanford Marina where we are aboard our boat. Oh, how I’d love to rewind to those innocent days where a little water on the streets was all there […]
Hurricane Ian Report from Sanford (We’re Ok!)
Thank you for all the support and thoughts during Hurricane Ian. We’ve been busy undoing our storm preps and catching up on sleep, but thought we’d take a moment to check in. Quick answer.. everything is a-OK aboard Y-Not. She’s a champ. And so is her crew. We ended up riding out the storm aboard, […]
Preparing for Hurricane Ian (We’re Back in Sanford!)
A little bit of a diversion from the travelogue for a real time update. We returned to Sanford, Florida last week and are back aboard Y-Not. After a relatively quiet hurricane season, we of course have returned to Hurricane Ian. We’ve been fielding a number of questions on our status/plans. The track is looking to […]
Our First RV Trip to Canada – Exploring Southern Ontario, Border Crossing, Internet & Money
Can you believe that in our 16 years of full timing we have never RV’d in Canada? Yeah. We can’t either. We have however visited Canada many times by cruise ship, train and car. So this summer, we decided it was well past time we finally crossed over with an RV as well for a […]
Run for the Border – West Virginia to New York
After our experiment with naked RVing in West Virginia, we had a couple more adventures up our sleeve before we planned to cross the border into Canada. For this segment, we focused on areas new to us to explore – which is amazing to think that after 16 years of full timing across the country, […]
Baring It All – Skinny Dipping at Nude RV Parks
Have you ever stayed at a nudist RV park? We recently decided it was time for us to experience one for the first time in our travels. While neither us would identify as a naturist – we actually enjoy wearing clothing too – we have always been comfortable being in clothing optional situations. And it’s […]
Summer Van Adventures Continued – North Carolina and Virginia
Ok. Time is moving way too fast. I seriously intended to keep this blog a little more updated closer to real time. However, I can report that the reason I’m so behind is a good one – we’re just having way too much fun! We did recently find some time to shoot a quick video […]
Back on the Road – Let the Van Adventures Begin!
We got the boat all buttoned up and the van loaded – and pulled out of Sanford on a sunny day with the wide open road ahead of us. And it’s already hard to believe we’re 2.5 weeks into this trip and already have had so many new experiences to share! The pace of life […]
Time for Summer Van Travels – Wrapping Up our Season in Sanford
And just like that, summer is solidly here in Florida and the temperatures are heating up. Our season back on the boat is coming to an end. This week we are getting the boat ready for longer term wet storage for hurricane season while we set off on some van adventures for a few months. […]
