The Marina We stayed at the Bimini Blue Waters Marina. It was a bargain at $1.25/ft per night plus $15 per day for 50 amp power. Any daily rate starting with a 1 was a treat after spending the last couple months in Florida! The marina itself was fine. We were welcomed by a friendly … Continue reading A Week in Bimini

We woke up at 4:45 am to get ready for our agreed upon departure with our buddy boats. Owen said he doesn't recall me ever jumping out of bed so fast when the alarm buzzed. That's because it's never gone off before on a day I was going to the Bahamas! Owen made some coffee … Continue reading Angelfish Creek Anchorage, Key Largo, FL, to Bimini, THE BAHAMAS!: We made it!

Our marina didn't have a pumpout station, so Owen found a service that would come to us for a $55 fee to pump out our boat. We learned that the county requires boats at anchor to pump out every 10 days, and the county provides this service at no charge for boats at anchor. However, … Continue reading The Anchorage Resort, Key Largo, FL, to Angelfish Anchorage, Key Largo, FL: Yeet!

We woke up to a cloudy and soon-to-be rainy day. We had about 58 miles to go to our next stop, The Anchorage Resort and Marina in Key Largo. This was not "pleasure boating." We made our way out of Snake Creek and into the Gulf. The waves were predicted to be ideal, but we … Continue reading West Key, FL, Anchorage to Anchorage Resort and Marina, Key Largo, FL: Jesus, Take the Wheel!

It was time to move on from Marlin Bay to something quite the opposite: an anchorage in the Everglades. While some people leave Marathon and head west to the infamous Key West, we decided to head east to West Key. We left Marlin Bay, which was full of sea grass, and followed the ICW west … Continue reading Marathon, FL, to West Key, FL: The Dinghy is the Star of the Show

We woke up at Everglades Isle to a foggy morning. It had rained overnight, and everything was soggy. We really were kind of bummed to leave Everglades Isle so soon, as the area was full of things to explore and the facilities were by far the fanciest we had seen on the Loop so far. … Continue reading Everglades City to Marathon, FL: We Could Have Done This All Day

If you know our Daughter #2, you would know that a visit from her is high-energy and full of laughter. After dropping my phone into the Bimini Basin on Friday, I knew I had to put it behind me as quickly as possible to soak up the happiness of having a visitor. I asked for … Continue reading Fort Myers Beach: Endless Laughter…and Broken Bone

A few years ago when we first learned about the Loop,  I started reading blogs written by people already on the journey. There were a ton of them,  and there were a few that were must-reads for me. One of them described a trip to Sanibel Island, and it has stuck with me until today … Continue reading Sanibel Island: A Dream Realized

On Friday afternoon, we left Sarasota to go a whopping 3.5 miles to... Sarasota. We decided to anchor where we could take the dinghy to the beach. The anchorage was empty when we arrived. We chose a spot just past the shipwreck and tucked between two buoys. Otter Key is unoccupied, but a row of … Continue reading Sarasota FL, to Otter Key

We spent Sunday to Thursday in Sarasota at Marina Jack. From a work perspective, the internet here was fantastic, and we both had great data on our phones. There's a normal- sized woman standing at the ankle of this giant statue! Marina Jack from the park. We saw the sun set behind this fountain each … Continue reading Sarasota