Lisa
Sanford, FL: Vibrant Destination
Monroe Harbour Marina: We spent about a week nestled into the calm, protected marina in Sanford, FL. What a fun, yet relaxing, busy...
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Lisa
Nov 6, 20192 min read
Fall in Jacksonville
More Football: We enjoyed another football Sunday at the local pub with friends from m/v Tanuki & m/v Griffin. We met up with several...
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Lisa
Oct 28, 20195 min read
Time for Maintenance
Driving Tour: October began with a driving tour of the Carolinas. In the Raleigh area, we stayed with long-time boating friends and...
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Lisa
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Life after Dorian...
(Authored by Lisa) It took a few days to reverse Hurricane Dorian boat prep -- slowed by a boat wash before putting everything back in...
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Lisa
Sep 5, 20192 min read
Fun before Dorian...
(Authored by Lisa) August was rather hot & humid in Jacksonville, but we managed to stay busy with our Jacksonville exploration and even...
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Lisa
Sep 4, 20192 min read
Whew! We dodged Dorian!
Well, about a week of Hurricane Dorian prep (and worry) for nothing. Thank goodness! Almost exactly a year since SCOUT survived...
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Lisa
Aug 8, 20192 min read
Gotta love Mayo (Clinic)!
(Authored by Lisa) I had an exciting month! On July 2, my Mayo Clinic specialist phoned me to discuss a diagnosis - one of several forms...
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Lisa
May 23, 20192 min read
Geeky Technical Stuff
We are now slowly being “assimilated” into the Florida-retiree scene in Jacksonville while we work through some medical issues and plan...
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Lisa
May 21, 20193 min read
We're home!
We arrived to our new home port of Jacksonville FL on May 10! Last post -- end of April -- we were somewhere south of Charleston SC. We...
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Lisa
Apr 28, 20192 min read
Partway There!
We're partway along on our journey to Jacksonville. We're purposely "dawdling" along the way, seeing the sights, staying a few days here...
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Lisa
Apr 9, 20192 min read
Failure to launch...the Great Loop, but not the adventure.
It is with disappointment that we have decided not to embark on the Great Loop this year. The loop is all about sampling foods, new...
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Lisa
Mar 6, 20192 min read
Baby, it's cold outside...and sometimes inside...
Woohoo! We have almost made it through our first winter living on a boat - in non-tropical climate! Looking back, I think November &...
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Lisa
Jan 14, 20192 min read
Stuck
We had a nice Christmas visiting family in South Carolina. As part of the celebration, we received a thoughtfully hand-painted wall...
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Lisa
Dec 3, 20182 min read
Thankful...for heated mattress pad
Time has flown since retirement. We are still busy with projects to make this boat our home. I think Ray's favorite completion is the...
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Lisa
Nov 5, 20181 min read
Is that an outboard cover, or are you just happy to see me?
Projects, projects projects.... We severely underestimated the time it would take to do individual projects while living on a boat. ...
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Lisa
Oct 20, 20181 min read
All Good (again)
We survived Michael without incident. Again, we are thankful. Winds were from the opposite direction as Florence, so we were less...
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Lisa
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Again??!? ..............Really?
This is really putting a cramp in our getting projects done! It should not be nearly as bad, but requires us to stop what we are doing,...
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Lisa
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Relief.....
We managed to get into New Bern this week. The town is a disaster. It is very sad to see. The hotel/marina is months from getting back...
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Lisa
Sep 14, 20181 min read
Glimmer of hope!?
After scouring the internet all day for a glimpse of our boat (or the docks), this video was posted less than an hour ago with SCOUT...
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