August 29th- 2025 Yesterday was the last day we got to spend with our son in Stuart, FL. My husband and I are now empty-nesters and semi-retired so we have the freedom and flexibility to travel on our boat a little bit more than before when he was living aboard and in school. Our sonContinue reading “East Coast Trip 2025- Leaving Stuart, FL”
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A New Chapter
Ok, let’s catch up. If you were paying ANY attention to the timeline…you’ll notice that we had QUITE the stint of hanging out in Stuart, FL from August 2021-December of 2024. Wow did the time fly. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that we didn’t really get to take any decent sailing trips during thatContinue reading “A New Chapter”
Adventures in Boat Life- A Teenager’s View
During our first cruising year, June of 2020- June of 2021, our teen son was “boatschooled.” One of his topics was writing/journal entries. He was given a couple of prompts, to help jump start his thoughts…and this is what he wrote. I think it’s a great perspective, and hopefully gives other teens some motivation whenContinue reading “Adventures in Boat Life- A Teenager’s View”
Reflections (and lessons learned) from our first year of boat life
As I look back on our year of being a liveaboard family, all I can do is smile. Thinking about all of the adventures we’ve been through, things we’ve learned, and experiences we’ve had….I wouldn’t change a thing! We started our journey after day 30 of the COVID isolation in April, 2020. After assessing ourContinue reading “Reflections (and lessons learned) from our first year of boat life”
Florida Keys Trip, Part 3 of 4- Marathon/Boot Key Harbor & Big Pine Key
Missed part 2? Check it out here!! Sunday, Dec. 27th- Lifted the anchor early so that we could start the 25nm trek to Marathon and Boot Key Harbor. We knew another fierce wind was coming soon, this time from the Northeast. Approaching BKH from the Northeast, you get to see popular places of interest suchContinue reading “Florida Keys Trip, Part 3 of 4- Marathon/Boot Key Harbor & Big Pine Key”
Florida Keys Trip, Part 2 of 4- Biscayne Bay -> Marathon
Missed Part 1? Read it here Fri, 12/18/20-Our stop in Biscayne National Park was short, just an overnight at Sands Key. As we headed south the next morning, the cold wind didn’t want to help us too much because it was basically right behind us from the northeast and we were heading south so weContinue reading “Florida Keys Trip, Part 2 of 4- Biscayne Bay -> Marathon”
MINI MOVIE // A Sweet Surprise- We drove 1,900 miles after being gone a year to visit family!
2020 was a hard year. Especially if you didn’t get to see family. While it was our choice to go to Florida to live on a boat during the Pandemic, it was still very hard to be separated from family, and not even be able to visit for holidays, Birthdays, special occasions and even weddings.Continue reading “MINI MOVIE // A Sweet Surprise- We drove 1,900 miles after being gone a year to visit family!”
January 26th, 2021 Update: New Adventures!
Watch the video to see what we’re up to now…and to see Bella make a “surprise” appearance….
SIMPLY JUST Snorkeling // Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys
Our family took a break from sailing for the day and stopped at Looe Key Reef. Cody, our son, got some great footage including a shark, turtle, and HUGE spotted eagle ray! He also edited this video! Looe Key Reef is about 5 miles south of Ramrod Key and about 8 miles southwest of BigContinue reading “SIMPLY JUST Snorkeling // Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys”
December 5th, 2020 Update: A Change Of Plans…
So, ya…we were supposed to leave the marina today (Dec. 7th) but…as we’ve quickly found out living the boat life…plans change and schedules don’t matter! Watch to find out what our new plans are…for the moment. Sorry for the video sound…I was trying a new background noise reduction app! 😲
Destination Adrift 