Just a quick update .. this morning, as anticipated, our location in Ponce de Leon, FL was issued Tropical Storm Warnings as Irma started shifting more westward. Getting further west was prudent. We considered several options, including some kind offers along the way to driveway surf (thank you!). We opted to head to the Escapee’s […]
Travelogues
Hurricane Irma Evacuation Update: Out of the Cone
It’s been a grueling week, and it’s not over yet. We know we’re not alone as all of Florida and northward are making similar preparations, evacuations and decisions. This evening, we pulled into a campground with availably in the Florida Panhandle, about an hour and a half east of Pensacola. For the first time since […]
Hurricane Irma Evacuation Status Update: We Have Left the Keys by Land
Just wanted to get a quick update out on our hurricane preparation and evacuation – as we shared (yesterday? last week? last month?.. it’s been a long few days) we were considering a few different options. First of all, we could not be more thankful for the support of our communities all across social media […]
Hurricane Irma & The Keys in a Boat Update: Escape by Land or Sea?
We know many are still dealing with the aftermath of Harvey – but we are now dealing with preparing for our own hurricane. Yup, we are in Marathon, Florida – the Keys. We’ve been closely watching Irma since she was a little invest off the coast of Africa and up until now, most projections had […]
Naples to Marco Island – Rookery Bay and Provisioning by Dinghy
We left out of Naples, after spending way too much money on a marina, without having accomplished any of our tasks – a broken pump out station and groceries too far away. We also opted to skip fueling up. Handling these sorts of tasks while repositioning in a boat is a bit more challenging than […]
Leaving Ft. Myers and Continuing our Great Loop Adventure South!
It was with mixed emotions that pulled out of Ft. Myers earlier this month to continue our Great Loop Adventure. It’s rare we stay anywhere for 3 months at a time, and were so in need of some still time. The city of Ft. Myers won our hearts and kept sucking us in. But it was time […]
Why Does it Storm Every Time We Leave the Boat?? (A Quick Trip to St. Louis)
One of the reasons we decided to stick around Ft. Myers for another month is family. Chris’ dad had open heart surgery a few weeks ago, and we’ve been on pins & needles during his recovery. We wanted to be near a major airport in a safe place, just in case. His family was also planning […]
Wrapping Up Ft. Myers, Day Cruises and Travel Update
It’s so hard to believe that we’re now approaching 3 months in Fort Myers! This is just a quick post to bring you up to date. Ft. Myers Never would we have imagined that Ft. Myers would be a spot to captivate us. It was never really on our radar as a happening place. But it […]
Sometimes Nomads Need to Grow Some Barnacles (Two Months in Fort Myers)
We generally keep a fairly hyper-mobile lifestyle – changing locations every few days to every few weeks. But every so often, we feel the call – to slow the heck down for a bit. By the time we were ramping up our boat hunt last fall, it was shouting loudly in our ears. But stopping would have meant putting […]
Florida Road Trip!! A Week Back in the Bus
After getting the boat moved to Fort Myers on our initial leg of the Great Loop, and a couple weeks to get into the swing of urban life – it was time to return to bus life! Well, at least for a week. Our mission was a combination of getting the bus into its longer […]
