Despite common opinion, full time nomads are not on a permanent vacation. Even those not working full time like ourselves. Sure, life on the road has us constantly exploring new places, and the lines between vacation and normal life get awfully blurred. But there’s probably no doubt that our own lives could not be mistaken […]
Miami the Hard Way – Boat Haul Out, Repairs & Living On the Hard
In our last Great Loop travel journal we had just hit a submerged channel marker leaving the Keys and were starting our 25 mile tow to Miami. This chapter will wrap up our first cruising season, but there’s not much cruising to share – it was mostly of us living on land in our boat […]
2017 Travel Route & Year in Review
Let’s face it, 2017 has been one heck of a memorable year! Year end is a great time to be a bit retrospective and try to summarize the past 12 months in one spot. Usually we wrap our years up with a route of our travels that shows us flinging ourselves across the country. And if […]
Seasons Greetings
Wishing you and yours a joyous holiday season filled with love, laughter and adventure. Love, Chris, Cherie & Kiki
A Challenging Departure from The Keys – A Tropical Storm & A Bump in the Water
When we last left our Great Loop travel journal, we had just left Marathon after Hurricane Irma and found a protected anchorage in Plantation Key to ride out the season’s first cold front. Now, another tropical system was brewing and on course to pass right over the Keys. We decide to seek out a sheltered […]
Getting your RV Education: Overview of Three RV Online Schools
The RV industry is booming right now, and there are more people than ever planning to buy RVs and hit the road. If you’re one of them, then you’re probably elbow deep in information overload trying to learn everything you need to successfully pursue an RV lifestyle. When we hit the road almost a […]
Saying Good-Bye to Marathon – In Search of a Protected Anchorage
We’re almost caught up! This post takes us back to Marathon post-Irma, leaving our new community and continuing the journey. Just one more episode (I think) and the travelogue will be almost real time again. Whew! Thanks for your patience with the constant shift in time line. When we last left our Great Loop travel […]
Preparing a Boat for a Catastrophic Hurricane – Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys (And Happy end of Hurricane Season!)
First of all… a big ole WAHOOOOO for it being December 1st! The 2017 Hurricane season is officially over. And while the season is over, many are still dealing with the fallout of the major storms that made landfall. Power is still not returned to the majority of the islands impacted, people are still homeless […]
Thankful for YOU!
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 […]
