When last we left you, we had just left the Rappahannock River and made a last minute decision to anchor in Little Bay – instead of making a longer cruising day towards Reedville. This proved to be quite serendipitous, and lined up some stops we wouldn’t have considered otherwise. Our Slooper pace allows us to […]
Travelogues
Lower Chesapeake Bay River Cruising – The York and Rappahannock: Great Loop Cruising
Are you ready for some cruising content!? Good, because our 2025 return to the Great Loop is well underway, and we have a lot of adventures to catch you up on. We’ve come to say that boating is mostly awesome serene passages & anchorages, some fixing of things in exotic places mixed with moments of […]
Winter is Over, Our First House Sit, Returning to Y-Not in Virginia
With winter showing signs of breaking and turning to spring, it was time to start a slow roll back east towards boat life. But of course, not without some adventures along the way! Here’s the route we took back after our time in the Rio Grande Valley: Stop 1: Needville, TX – Brazos Bend State […]
Leaving Florida, Exploring Texas and a Rocket Launch!
Oh wow. I thought I’d come update the blog about our Texas adventures these past few weeks and realized that I haven’t yet even documented getting to Texas! I guess my brief mention in our 2024 Travel Route & Year in Review post mentally checked those adventures off my list. So, let’s get caught up! These […]
2024 Travel Route & Year in Review
And just like that.. it’s time for our annual travel wrap up! Where has the time gone? Oh right.. adventures! And lots of them. 2024 wraps up 18 years on the road for us together! This year started with Zephyr going right into storage back in our lot in Benson, AZ and setting off on […]
Back to Van Life: Virginia to Florida!
Oh boy.. didn’t I say in my last post that I shouldn’t let a month go by in-between blog posts? Yeah, I obviously have missed that goal! Well, suffice it to say, we are solidly back to van life since leaving Y-Not safely behind in her winter storage location in southern Virginia. And it’s been […]
Exploring the James River to Richmond, VA (RVA) – Great Loop Cruising Side Trip
After a delightful stay in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, we had time for one last adventure this cruising season before winter arrives. We decided on a relatively rarely done side trip up the James River to check out Richmond, VA – or RVA as commonly called. The river is navigable about 90 miles […]
The Dismal Swamp & Norfolk, VA – Great Loop Cruising
After an exciting crossing of the Albemarle Sound, we enjoyed a couple days just swinging on the hook off of Goat Island – at the entrance of the Dismal Swamp. It was delightful, and just what we needed to recharge. With some weather developing off of Carolina coast that might impact us, we decided it […]
New Bern to Elizabeth City, NC – Crossing the Fabled Albemarle Sound: Great Loop Cruising
We rode out the Labor Day holiday weekend in New Bern, NC – a side trip off the Intracoastal Waterway up the Neuse River. We ended up extending our stay by a day, as windy conditions had small craft advisories on the Neuse River for our journey back down river. As the Neuse opens up […]
Back to Wilmington, Kiki Crosses the Rainbow Bridge and then Onward to New Bern – Great Loop Cruising
We left Wilmington after a delightful month full of new friends, great food, entertainment and just immersing ourselves in an enchanting city. But we left with a little bit of concern for Kiki and her starting to not finish her meals – a fairly normal sometimes behavior. After cruising back down the Cape Fear River, […]
