A few weeks ago, we left Charleston in our wake and officially picked up where we left off on our Great Loop back in 2019. We thought this would be a good time to recap what the Great Loop is, our history with it, why we went on an extended pause and what our intentions […]
Life on the Road
Cruising Savannah to Charleston – Murder Scene or Steering Pump Failure?!!?
After a marvelous couple of days in downtown Savannah, we were excited to continue northbound up the ICW. We thought we were getting back into our cruising o, and enjoying the variety that life on the water can bring. Time with friends, time in remote gorgeous anchorages and being in the heart of amazing downtowns. […]
Sanford to Savannah – First Two Weeks Back to Cruising, and Rejoining the Great Loop Route
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a few weeks since we left Sanford in our wake, resuming our active cruising lifestyle. I originally thought I’d do one post wrapping up our segment up to Charleston, our turn around point of our first attempt at the Great Loop. But we were already starting to forget […]
Farewell Sanford – Dropping the Lines & Resuming Nomadic Life Without a Basecamp
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 […]
Totality or BUST – Chasing the Eclipse: A Quick Van Trip to Texas… no, Missouri
First of all… a HUGE thank you to everyone who left a comment on Chris’ 18th Nomadiversary / April Fools Day post. This post generated more comments than any other in ages, and it absolutely warms our hearts that so many are still following along after all these years. The post asked everyone to vote […]
Eighteenth Nomadiversary: Time To Embrace TikTok?
Today marks EIGHTEEN years since I first set off on the road, trading a San Francisco apartment and a Silicon Valley career for a life of adventure and exploration. So how has it been going? Time to settle down? Mission accomplished yet? Hardly. If anything – it feels as if I’ve been going around in […]
Returning to Boat Life – The Final Van Miles from Arizona to Florida (Including Big Bend National Park!)
We enjoyed a delightful couple of months finishing out 2023 at our RV lot at SKP Saguaro in Benson, Arizona – living aboard Zephyr again, exploring the area and surrounded by amazing friendships. But it was time to pack Blooper back up, get Zephyr back in the storage lot and make our way back east […]
What Mobile Internet is Best for RV Travels? Our 5 Month, 47 Stop Van Case Study
Last year we went out on a van adventure, starting in Florida to Oregon, Arizona and back again. And we recorded what RV mobile internet options we used at each stop. We’ve shared the travelogues from each segment on this blog if you want to dive into the trip details. We thought it would also […]
Exploring Around Benson, AZ – Our 2023 Southeast Arizona / Tucson Adventures
One of the many reasons we picked SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park as our nomadic port to store Zephyr and return to in winters – is the location in Benson, AZ is convenient to so much to explore. It’s about an hour from Tucson. In the past we’ve explored nearby Kartchner Caverns, Patagonia State Park, […]
SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park in Benson, AZ – Why We Became Leaseholders
We just wrapped up our 2023/2024 winter season at our co-op lot in Benson, Arizona at SKP Saguaro. We became lifetime leaseholders at this Escapees park back in 2018, intending it to be our winter nomadic port. Since we got our lot, Benson is now where our vintage bus Zephyr lives. Usually in the free […]
