In the Keys at Marathon, FL February-March 2015

We had an uneventful Okeechobee trip to Ft. Myers.  We spent about a month in the area visiting Ft. Myers Beach, Punta Gorda and Ft. Myers twice, the second visit to repair our generator.  And we anchored for several weeks at Cayo Costa state park.

Eventually we ran down the west coast of Florida to the Keys and after a few weeks in the mooring field ended up in Marathon Marina with some friends of ours.   Finally after many days of high winds its calmed down now to where we can get to the reef in the dingy.

We plan on heading over to the Bahama's next month, loitering there until June.  We'll head back up to Jacksonville and put the boat up while we head north for a new grandson and some medical appointments.  But as always, the gory details can be found here.

At the Marathon Sea Food Festival with my new hat 

I should mention I'm a bit behind updating either of these blogs.  Just so busy.  Doing what I can't describe, but it sure is fun!

December 30, 2014 MM 100.5 Free dock near LaBelle, FL

Where the hell is LaBelle you may be asking yourself.  Well, if you must know, its a small town in central Florida right on the Okeechobee waterway.  We're on our way to Ft. Meyers and other delectable destinations on the west coast of Florida and decided to take the Okeechobee Waterway  since its the fastest route to Ft. Meyers from Stuart where we've been for the last few days.

For the nitty gritty of how we're doing you can go here

November 26, 2014 Norfolk to Jacksonville and heading south

Currently we're in Jacksonville at Huckins Marina for some fuel pump repairs.  Since leaving Norfolk we've stayed in this bubble of cold air for the last few weeks.  Engines complain bitterly when cajoled into starting on these 30 degree mornings.

We couldn't go outside on the ocean due to weather so we ended up taking the ICW all the way to Florida.  But his time we ran all the trouble spots at high tide and didn't touch bottom once!  

All the ugly details can, as usual, be found here.

October 21, 2014 and ready to head south

We are at Tidewater marina in Norfolk and planning on leaving here for warmth!  Who'd have thought we'd be complaining about the chill of 60 degrees having lived in Wisconsin for 60+ years!

We've been here for a week and the parade of southbound boats has been a steady stream.  And we are hoping to join the parade in a few days!

Details as usual can be found here

August - September on the Chesapeake (updated 9/16/2014)

9/16/2014
After some horrific internet problems and lost pages and pictures I finally tossed up an update to Where is BeachQuest this evening.

After experiencing the shock watching our dinghy dangle 10 feet off the water when the hoist broke to traipsing around Washington DC with kids and grand kids, we're regaining our equilibrium here in the Solomons while we wrestle with the dinghy hoist repair.  We'll be here for a week or so before heading north to Annapolis and Baltimore.  After that we start going south again before the chill winds of late fall begin to blow.

As usual, details can always be found at Where is BeachQuest which is where I try to record all the gory details of our misadventures.  Although slightly behind,  I am still plugging away with updates, albeit slowly.
Maybe its a fractional amount of author laziness, but the lions share of the blame sits squarely upon the sagging shoulders of the internet and the plethora of  poor internet connections out here.  Even data connections with our phones tend to be sluggish.  Oh the trials of cruising!

July 29, 2014 Wisconsin

 We're in Wisconsin for visits and doctor parties.  Or is that Doctor visits and parties?

Anyway we left the boat in the Chesapeake near Washington DC at The Boathouse Marina in Colonial Beach.  Oddly enough we haven't met up many loopers as we went up the east coast.  I guess we're lagging well behind most of the group.

Its been a far more leisurely journey up the coast this time.  But for details you can go to our Where is BeachQuest blog.

Actually I wonder, is there anyone actually reading this?

June 5, 2014 Little River, SC

Finally received the burgee in Isle of Hope, GA

Having completed the loop we are of course flying the gold burgee.









We are currently in Little River, SC making our way north again towards the Chesapeake where we plan to spend the bulk of the summer.  The loop was a fabulous adventure.  I cant quite talk Mary into doing it again though.

I'm still, albeit tardily at times, updating our more detailed blog, Where is BeachQuest.   We are going to be spending the winter months (after November 1) in the Keys and then hopefully head over to the Bahamas until June when we head north again.