Leaving Sarasota area we did a short trip of ~25 miles to Venice where we stayed the night on a free dock. We shared the dock with Mike & Kelly (INNTW – If Not Now Then When). They are a family of 5 (3 kids on board) and are wonderful proof that you can travel […]

We spent more time in St Petersburg than anticipated but it was worth it. Unfortunately, there are no anchoring or mooring ball options at the moment in the downtown harbor (due to the construction of a new pier). Fortunately, St Petersburg Yacht Club is right in the heart of downtown and we used our reciprocal

Tarpon Springs is known for its once very large sponge industry back in the early 1900s when divers where brought over from Greece to harvest sponges in Florida. We remember Tarpon Springs for it’s amazing Greek food. No surprise the food is so good after learning that Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek

Apalachicola was a great town to wait for good weather, good thing because we were there a full week. It is a small town, ~2,500 people and it is still very much recovering from Hurricane Michael. Of course there was the damage done from the wind but the Apalachicola River also flooded, leaving the downtown

Two words for what took up most of our time in Mobile, AL – boat projects. Traveling the river from Kentucky down here we basically did a “shake out” of the boat. Fortunately Turner Marine is a fantastic marina to spend some time and to work on a boat. We (OK, it was mostly Kent)

In Mobile we rented a car, drove 2 hours west and dropped Glen off at the New Orleans airport. It was great to have him join us for 2 weeks and we hope he enjoyed his time aboard as much as we enjoyed having him. Penny dog will certainly miss the extra attention she got

We ended up staying an extra day longer in Columbus and it was worth it. We saw several of the Antebellum homes in the area. These large plantation style homes were built prior to the Civil War. Columbus served as a place to bring both wounded Confederate and Union soldiers. The large homes in town

Along The Great Loop there are over 150 locks which help vessels move up and down river where dams were put in. The US Army Corps of Engineers manages almost all of these locks and they operate 24/7. Commercial vessels (ex. tows) have priority over pleasure craft. It is not uncommon for pleasure craft to

While staying at the Florence Marina (in Alabama) we took the courtesy car and drove an hour with John and Gina on Alysana to explore the Shiloh National Military Park.One of our intentions on The Great Loop is to see and learn more about our country. This certainly checked that box. Shiloh was a 2