After a week spent in serenity in our idyllic anchorage at Peck Lake, we moved back to Manatee Pocket in Stuart for the weekend so that...

This past week has been lovely! We've FINALLY been getting small glimpses here and there of the Florida we know and love.  We've spent...

After a lovely week anchored near Hole in the Wall Island just north of Vero Beach, we left feeling rejuvenated and happy to be back on...

2025 started off with a bang and I spent the first week and a half of it hunkered down with a bad cold. Thankfully, that is finally...

The ocean has always been near and dear to my heart. Hearing the waves crash on the shore, watching sunsets and sunrises over the water...

Dustin had to travel to Chicago for a work conference last week so over the past 7 days, Bella and I have been manning the boat by...

After 3 long days of travel, 4 locks, 2 nights at anchor and about 250 miles with 95 degree weather and no AC, we finally reached Green...

We got up around 4:45am the day that we left Alton, IL. We wanted to get an early start because our next leg of the trip was about 250...

We had originally planned on staying in Grafton for 2 weeks, but decided to switch our plans up a bit and leave earlier so that we would...

After our time in Peoria, we were up with the sun to travel to Grafton, IL where the Illinois River converges with the Mississippi River!...

After traveling about 70 miles from Starved Rock Marina, we arrived at our new marina, the Illinois Valley Yacht and Canoe Club (IVY for...

Yesterday we started out the day by watching church on the boat. Our pastor has such good sermons and we are so blessed to be able to...

The past two days have been both exhausting and exciting all at the same time. What we thought would be a few short hours of boating...

Yesterday we went though the Lockport Lock in Illinois. Since our first lock was so easy, we didn't expect this one to be any different....

Tomorrow we traverse our first real leg of the river system and will encounter our first lock and dam!! These are the types of ships we...

Dustin changed the engine oil/filters and water pump impellers on both motors today, in 96* heat I might add. While doing so, he found...

Day 3 at the shipyard in Chicago. We are forced to sit in solitary confinement during the days and work like slaves in exchange for food....

We spent yesterday re-caulking the shower, un-wiring the mast, taking the sails off (and killing about a bazillion spiders that crawled...

And we're off!! Spent a wonderful night in our hometown last night (South Haven, Mi). My family had said goodbye to us a couple of nights...

I'm doing one last sweep through the boat to see what we can get rid of that we don't absolutely need and I realized that Bella has three...