Since our trip from Galveston didn’t quite end as planned, we are determined to make the most out of our stay here in Mobile Bay as we await repairs to get back underway. To end our trip around Louisiana, we were planning on anchoring at Dauphin Island for a few nights then heading into…
For fun, we decided to let chatgpt, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) chat bot write our blog post about our passage from Galveston, TX to Mobile Bay, AL. It’s strangely and mostly correct… Once there was a married couple, Justin and Shannon, who decided to go on a sailing trip from Galveston, Texas to Pensacola,…
Time has just been flying by! Here we are in December and it feels like summer was just yesterday. It could be since it’s been almost 80° this week or that we have been busy hanging out with friends, visiting family and, of course, boat projects. This past summer, we were finally able to…
“That’s a new noise” I said as we lay in the berth trying to sleep. A few seconds later we hear the noise again. Sounds like something is coming loose. “Is it coming from our boat? Is that the dodger rattling?” Shannon asks. “Sounds like it, but I guess I should go check.” It’s…
Well, Its happening again. One of my favorite upgrades of Nymeria is the battery and electrical system. One of the first upgrades we made was to add four Firefly Oasis batteries (465Ah, 5.58Kwh) . They were and are considered near top of the line for AGM batteries. About a year after install they began…
Last weekend, we were finally able to gather friends and family to say goodbye to my father, The Bruce. Once again the Erickson luck prevailed. Even though we had planned the event months ago not really know what the status of COVID would be or the typical random spring weather. Last Saturday we were…
I’m excited. Its been awhile since I’ve felt that way, but its true. I’m excited. The last year+ has been hard on us all. For me personally it as been one of, if not the hardest periods of my life. I was already down from the general goings on with the world, in August…
Stood alone on a mountain top, starin' out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, It is all up to me to decide - Bob Segar Since our last post at the end of December, we rang in the new year with cautious optimism and were continuing to make…
As I write this, there are only 8 days left in the year 2020. I can honestly say that this year has been very challenging and I will be happy to see him go. (Yes, I’m using the male pronoun here on purpose.) In my almost 45 years of being alive, 2020 is definitely…
A few weeks ago, we were really starting to come out of the slump that was 2020. Yes, we had a few boat issues, but looking forward felt good. There was light at the end of the tunnel. I was excited to write about some new upgrades to the boat, (I still am) and…
