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...

Being in Savannah for Thanksgiving gave us a glimpse into another side of the city that we hadn’t previously experienced.  Last time we...

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...

On our first day in Grafton, we got up and took the scooters out to explore the town a bit. There is a nice bike path along the river in...

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...

Dustin needed a hair cut so he found a place online, made an appointment, and then we took the dinghy about 5 miles up the river to the...

Yesterday afternoon when we were done working, Dustin and I decided to go to Starved Rock State Park to do some hiking. We were...

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...

Asian Carp are an issue in the river systems so in an effort to keep them out, Illinois has built an aquatic barrier that is basically an...

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...

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...