November 25, 2013

We've been steadily trucking along towards the south but this week we're stuck in Pensacola waiting for the winds to get below 20 knots so we can make it to Destin for Thanksgiving.  Well that was the plan anyway.  We'll still be in Destin for Thanksgiving but by car since it's looking unlikely we'd be able to make it that far in this weather.  But for more details head over to  http://whereisbeachquest.blogspot.com/ where we write all the gory details.

On another weather note, instead of the A/C units humming away here in Florida, the heaters are blazing away here in Florida.  This was rather unexpected.  I've had to abandon shorts for a pair of long pants!  Ugh ...

October 21, 2013 Grand Harbor Marina

After several wonderful days of anchoring we made it to Pickwick Lock but had to wait for some time and that delay left us in the dark with 10 miles to Grand Harbor where we had originally planned on staying the night.  We opted instead for Pickwick Landing marina a short distance from the lock.  Exciting  way to enter an unknown marina. 

As before you can read more details about what we're up to here

And a map of where we are and have been can be found here

October 14, 2013 Green Turtle Bay marina

At Green Turtle Bay marina in Grand River, KY.  Wonderful place.  Fall colors are just beginning to show but it's been warm enough for us to go swimming in a little cove not far from here.

As before you can read more details about what we're up to here

And a map of where we are and have been can be found here

October 5, 2013 Hoppies marina

We are departing Hoppies tomorrow after spending two nights here to wait out some weather with three other boats.  Priceless experience!  Fern, owner of Hoppies is a character who fits all the previous comments about her.

But for more details for anyone viewing these pages go here:   Where is BeachQuest

An interactive map of where we've been so far is here:  Our Loop Journey

Fern

September 25 ... Where we've been

Currently at anchor at Henry Island on the Illinois River.

 We started to keep track of where we've stopped along the loop on a Google map,  Where we've been

Whats new September 2013

All of our recent posts can be found at Where is BeachQuest blog.

We're currently on the way to Chicago and the river system.  And hoping we'll be able to travel south quickly enough to escape those dastardly temperatures.  Anything under 60 brings out the winter coats ... well,  what we have for winter coats.  Which isn't quite like the outwear we owned living in Wisconsin all those years.

Hopefully we'll catch up with Barefoot'n, Sea Glide, Papillon, Miss GG, ShellSeeker, and several others.  We're trying!

September 22, 2013
... finds us at Heritage Harbor marina in Ottawa Illinois.  We're here anticipating driving a rental car up to WI for my permanent crown and Mary's Dr. Appointment.  If we cant work that out Monday we'll just head south and figure something out down near Alton.  My verbal musing about the journey so far can be found here at our Where is BeachQuest blog

An interactive map of the journey so far is here

Whats new

For anyone reading this looking for notes on our most current travels, I've been updating our where is BeachQuest blog more frequently.