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 […]
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Cruising to Jacksonville from Sanford Along the St. Johns River
We intended to depart Sanford sometime back in late January, head up to Jacksonville for some boat projects and then potentially head out on the Great Loop. But, life had other plans and we just weren’t feeling the call to leave Sanford quite yet. Winter is prime activity time in Sanford, with non-stop events that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Back to Cruising – Dolphin Quest! St Johns River Northbound from Sanford to Jacksonville
We’ve been semi-stationary aboard our boat since March of 2020, making Sanford Florida our pandemic home base. We haven’t been completely stationary though. We’ve been thoroughly enjoying many camping excursions in our van (we’ve managed to visit every state park with camping in Central Florida!). And we’ve been taking the boat out anchoring down the […]
Southbound Cruise on the St. Johns River: Return to Sanford (Dolphin Quest, Part 2)
Thanks for joining along in our return to travelogues! Where we last left you, we had just arrived to Jacksonville after a marvelous cruise down the St. Johns River from our pandemic home base of Sanford. It’s our first extended trip in over a year, and we’re on a mission to find dolphins! So, let’s […]
Retrospective: 2010 – Don’t Get Trapped by Labels
Life is about change. That is how we explore who we are. It’s how we grow. It’s how we adapt to the world that is evolving around us. And we as humans tend to like to assign labels to describe who we are. You might take on labels that describe your career, your relationships, your […]
Retrospective: 2011 – Embracing Serendipity
When we started our blog at Technomadia, Chris used the tagline ‘Adventures in Nomadic Serendipity’. While I’ve lived a pretty adventurous life even before him, I was an overplanner. I left little room for chance. And when plans didn’t go as intended, I was stressed. To set off on this new adventure, I had to […]
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 […]
Escape from Boat Projects – Cruising St. Augustine, Cumberland Island, St. Marys & Fernandina Beach
When last we left you, we had just arrived back to Jacksonville after about a month out adventuring in the van. Y-Not had just been splashed after a bottom job and other projects that she needed to be hauled out for, and we had a project list ahead of us. We’ll catch you up on […]