#50 This post was originally “New York New York!”

However, we have been delayed. (The photo above is our friends on Enchanted Circle, who we hoped to get to New York with. They made it and got the iconic shot!) Let me start with our trip getting to Cape May, NJ. We were socked in by…

#49 Annapolis! And beyond!

Cheryl: There’s Life Out There! Well, I did it. I got away from the boat for a few days. I flew to South Carolina for my granddaughter’s birthday party-which was not an easy feat. I couldn’t buy a ticket until the week prior because…

#47 The Chesapeake!

Norfolk and the AGLCA rendezvous were... hugely fun controlled pandemonium. Something like 350 people to meet, maybe 40 boats here in the marina, meetings during the day where we absorbed information like it was the first day of college, an…
That's right, folks, I am the Captain now. I took the Coast Guard OUPV Captain's license test and passed it September of 2025. Did the drug test and all the paperwork back then as well. Thanks to government shut downs, some Catch 22 nonsense…

#46 Norfolk!!

Norfolk! Holy moly, we made it. (We’ll have an update about the area later. We just pulled into the slip a few hours ago and will have a lot to report on. Like, we're parked next to a 210 foot carbon fiber sailboat that is gorgeous. We…

#45 Up the east coast!

(Photo above: Loopers like to take pictures of each other's boats as they pass by and then trade them. We're just like kids having fun with our toys!) We're sitting in Beaufort, NC after a night in an anchorage. We knew there was a cold front…

#44 A whole bunch of stuff happening

I think we're going to need a new flag soon... We just pulled into Georgetown, SC, (another great stop!) after another uneventful 65 mile/7 hour passage. (Cheryl has a different view about our Charleston passage, see her comments below.)…

#43 Twenty five thousand, five hundred and eighty

Heads up! This is NOT a Looping or boating post. It's personal. I just felt like using my platform here to post this. Skip it if you're looking for boating news, that will resume after this break. (We head back to the boat Sunday, next…

Number forty-two.

Cheryl: This has been a remarkable couple weeks for us. We’ve spent so much time with family and friends. Not only have we been visited by old friends (Deb & Steve in New Smyrna) but we’re actually meeting up again with Loopers we’ve…

#41 We’re Actually Looping!

Cheryl: Since leaving the Fort Lauderdale area, it finally feels like we’re officially Looping. Up until then, we were retracing the steps we took bringing the boat home from Cape Coral and revisiting Butch‘s memorable experiences on Lucidity.…