After Owen's adventure last night, we decided that we would spend the morning exploring the old fort and the rest of our surroundings. We woke up at sunrise, used the generator to heat up to normal body temperature, ate breakfast, and headed out to the dinghy. Owen rowed us over to the beach, where we … Continue reading Fort McRee Cove, FL, to Shalimar, FL: All the Things in One Morning

After spending 22 days at the Dog River Marina, we were read to get moving. Well, WE had been moving, but the boat had not. We spent the time traveling to Texas and Wisconsin for some college reunion fun and Thanksgiving with the family. We drove over 3,000 miles, but the boat moved about 200 … Continue reading Dog River to Ft. McRee Cove: Dolphins!

Since Our Dash is swimming in salt water for the first time, we needed to replace the anodes. We decided to have it pulled out so that we could also get a peek at the bottom. After over 1,800 miles down the Inland Rivers, through a couple of shallow areas, and perhaps over a log … Continue reading A Peek Under the Water Line

Thanks to the confluence of getting a little work done on Our Dash, weather, work, and the Thanksgiving Holiday, we are hunkered down in Dog River for longer than we had originally hoped. On the bright side, we were not about to let the opportunity to explore go to waste. With Veterans Day on our … Continue reading Exploring Mobile

We woke up at 0600 like usual to prepare for a dawn departure on the final 56 miles of the Inland Water segment of the Great Loop. It was a very peaceful night. The twinkling of the eight other anchor lights off our bow looked like grounded stars. It was cloudy and 48 degrees with … Continue reading Tensaw River, AL, to Mobile, AL: Well, that was different

Whoda thunk? We like this anchoring thing. It was a bit of a rough night with anchor alarm and passing boats, but we woke up in the morning ready to go. The plan was to get to Bobby's Fish Camp to fuel up after all the boats left that were tied up and rafted to … Continue reading Turkey Creek Landing, AL, to Tensaw River, AL: Anchoring is our Jam

According to the plan we hatched the previous evening, we rose at 0545 to be ready to listen to channel 17 at 0615 for our orders. Our commodore for the day, Sam from Here's to Us, had called the Demopolis Lock for instructions. Same came on the radio as scheduled, did a roll call, gave … Continue reading Demopolis, AL, to Turkey Creek, AL: Tight Quarters

We've decided that anchoring is awesome. At least, it's awesome when the weather is perfect. We awoke to the blaring alarm - thankfully not the anchor alarm - in the pre-dawn. I made some coffee and stepped onto the back deck to see the first rays of the sun creeping to reclaim the sky from … Continue reading Windham Landing Cutoff, AL, to Demopolis, AL: Southbound