We have been on the go since leaving Annapolis last December. Having made it down to the Bahamas and back up to the Chesapeake Bay, [...]
Read MoreWhen asking the locals if we should go to Baltimore, we got mixed reviews. Most said that we should go because it’s a fun time [...]
Read MoreThe perfect culmination of cruising the Upper Chesapeake is to make a successful passage through the C & D Canal. The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal [...]
Read MoreSince we made it Annapolis earlier this year, we wanted to explore further up the Chesapeake. After researching possible destinations in the Upper Chesapeake, we [...]
Read MoreSince our last post, we’ve rebounded from engine and fender challenges. While we were licking our wounds and getting Nymeria back into cruising form, we [...]
Read MoreIn our last post, we were having some engine overheating troubles which we were able to determine were caused by heat exchanger issues (blocked tubes [...]
Read MoreSince our last post in the Bahamas, we safely and quietly made it back to the states and have been making our way up the [...]
Read MoreOnce we decided to stay in the Abacos, we made sort of a “bucket list” of what we would like to do with our remaining [...]
Read MoreWith another storm system in the forecast, we needed an anchorage that had protection from the southeast through northeast as wind was expected to shift [...]
Read MoreAfter riding out a storm in Marsh Harbour, we decided to get a change of scenery for the next wave of storms predicted to come [...]
Read MoreWe spent multiple nights relaxing off the grid at Great Guana and Man-O-War Cays but decided to head into Marsh Harbour as some weather was [...]
Read MoreAround Whale Cay: Green Turtle Cay to Great Guana Cay The Sea of Abaco is split into Northern and Southern portions by a shoal (shallow [...]
Read MoreAfter spending 3 nights at Manjack/Nunkack Cay and after being away from “civilization” for a bit, we were excited to head to Green Turtle Cay. [...]
Read MoreWe were happy to spend 3 nights at the marina in Spanish Cay to sit out weather but it was time to move on. With [...]
Read MoreWhile recharging our travel batteries and spending the holidays in the Chesapeake, we worked out our cruising goals for 2024. We were playing around with [...]
Read MoreIn our last blogpost, we had just made a mad dash up to Norfolk and Nymeria’s 7th state, Virginia! We were able to find a [...]
Read MoreShannon and I have lived onboard Nymeria for over five years now. Much of that time was spent tied up and plugged in at a [...]
Read MoreNow that we have finished the full repower of the diesel engine on Nymeria, it is probably time for a complete update. The process was [...]
Read MoreFor fun, we decided to let chatgpt, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) chat bot write our blog post about our passage from Galveston, TX to Mobile [...]
Read MoreIt was 8 years ago this week that this sailing bug really hit me. Before that sailing was a thing that I had done on [...]
Read MoreI have been slowly organizing the many hours of footage we captured over our 3 week adventure to Korea and Thailand. I think we have enough footage to put out 5-6 decent length videos, and probably about 6-8 shorter 360 videos. I hope to create a video a week, but I cant promise anything at this point. So, with that […]
Justin and I had the pleasure of going Korea to visit my Sister, Heather, and her two boys, Quade and Zane, in the March of 2014. We used the excuse of her moving back and Quade’s high school graduation to get back over there. The goal was to also get my Mom and Jack to Korea. It took […]
We have made it back home, and have started to decompress from the trip. I have completed what is to be the first of MANY 360 Videos from the trip. Its a tour around Ko Hong, an island in Phang Nga bay Thailand. This was our first night on the sailboat, and our guide took us on a diny through a […]
After some exciting delays, we have boarded our 3rd and final flight of the day. We will be in Seoul in just over 12 hours.
Enjoy some Taste of Durango! One of many annual street parties in Durango.
Since we spent Christmas in Oklahoma this past year, we went to South Dakota for spring break. We were overdue for some quality time with the Pond Family. And what better way to spend time together than all 6 of us (Justin and I plus Grandpa Bud, Jay, Deb, and Laurie, Deb’s friend) loaded into the Bud’s Buick and […]
From the moment I had car, I would drive the back roads of Oklahoma to clear my head. Now that I have a long daily commute, I rely on special places to bring me back to center. Since I am now in SW Colorado, I have my pick of places that can be visited year-round. During the warm months, I […]
Many thanks again to Hailey for providing us with remarkable photographs which captured our Engagement and Wedding. They are beautiful, timeless and our go-to pics for anything on social media. http://haileyking.pixieset.com/shannonjustin/highlights/ http://www.haileyking.com/