While recharging our travel batteries and spending the holidays in the Chesapeake, we worked out our cruising goals for 2024. We were playing around with multiple options but the ones that kept rising to the top were: 1) stop cruising and go back to Colorado or 2) stay on the East Coast for the winter and see how far north […]
After a lovely week in Beaufort, the 2nd oldest city in South Carolina, we were headed to the Oldest City, Charleston. Originally founded in 1670 as one of the original 13 colonies, it has a rich history of prosperity and struggle. With it’s prime coastal location, Charleston played key roles in the both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and almost […]
We had a lovely and busy stay in Titusville and Orlando but it was time to move on to St. Augustine. We had this stop on our “must do” list from the start of this adventure. Justin has family just north in Jacksonville but we’ve only just visited St. Augustine for lunch at Cap’s On the Water followed by a […]
After spending 2 weeks at anchor in Lake Boca Raton, we finally had a weather window to move further north to Cape Canaveral and Titusville, FL. It was predicted to be a smooth ride up the Gulf Stream then a bumpy ride into Port Canaveral and that’s what we got. I would have to say that sailing in 12-16 knots […]
After leaving Key West, we spent 3 weeks in Marathon / Boot Key before heading out of the Keys to our current location, Boca Raton, FL. We traveled the 50nm / 8hrs to the Safe Harbor Marina due to some generator issues. Without a functional generator, we were not able to use our water maker or keep our batteries topped […]
After spending a number of days in the beautiful Marco Island, we were ready to head further south, in fact, the farthest south that we could go in the US, Key West. The weather window was good with no wind starting off and expecting to build with the wind behind us. So, we prepared to motor until we could put […]
We were reluctant to leave Pensacola but it was time to head further south. We would have loved to stop off at Fort Meyers for a bit but I had read on cruiser forums that the channels around the area had changed and sites/marinas were still damaged from Hurricane Ian in September 2022. So, instead of having just a day […]
We had just weathered a cold front and with another one heading our way, I started seriously looking for a weather window to head south to warmer weather. So, after 9 days in Pensacola, we took advantage of a lull between storms and headed south to Tampa Bay with Clearwater, Florida being our first stop. It took us almost 68 […]
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 get our boat repowered with a […]
A boat by definition, is a hole in the water, into which money is thrown. This is the reason why we continue to live and work full time on Nymeria. Justin has worked remotely as a Software Engineer from our house in Durango, CO for a number of years before we decided to start traveling. He was used to getting […]
