Next adventure getting ready to kick off!

     Welcome back folks! It has been a long winter! The biggest news out of all the cold, snow, and ugliness of winter is that we did decide we want to keep Joe Wheeler State Park as our home marina! The deep water, well protected harbor has been the best place to winter (besides south Florida of course)! Even the Gulf Coast got snow this year! We had 3 snowstorms in northern Alabama, one stretch seeing 5 days below freezing. The reason JWSP ranks so far above the others is thanks to the deep water (25' in the slip) and kept water temps 41 degrees and above. This allowed the heat pumps to run while we were here, plus without ice forming around the boat, well there is less worry if power should go out, etc.

     We are in the final preparations for departure for basically 18 months of cruising. We head north, up the rivers next week, targeting Alton/Grafton, IL around May 20, Chicago around June 1. We plan to make our way to Green Bay, WI around June 22or so, and staying in the area through July 4. Then we will make our way to Bay City, MI near Mid-July, staying through the first week of August.

     After all that we turn around and head back up to Mackinac Island, where  I guess we "start" our Great Loop. That will be where we finish, even though we have covered so much of it already. 

    Unlike last year, we intend to keep this a bit more current, maybe 1-2 weeks behind. It is hard sometimes to find the time to sit down and get everything into written word. As you know, we are still putting out videos from last summer's trip, and making videos as we go along on this one. 

    The videos mean we will be focusing this blog to still pictures, and the details and stories about them. to get the bigger picture, you have to wait for the video to come out.

     You may wonder how do we keep up where you guys are? Well here are the best ways:

Nebo tracking Link: https://trackme.nebo.global/?link=12KL8L61WFBXNG11KU4INTUI9V4 

Or you can search our MMSI number on sites such as Marine Traffic. MMSI: 368111650

Or you could just give one of us a call and ask! :)