5/18-23/2015 Summary: Our time on the boat was a combination of work and play. We flew into Tampa and drove down, getting there in time for an early night. The big task of the trip was rerouting the TV wiring, but praise God, it worked first time! We didn’t move …
4/15 – 25/2015 Summary: We returned to the boat on tax day, ready to explore the Clearwater area. While there, the Sugar Sand Festival was underway, just minutes from our boat, with some beautiful sand sculptures. We met friends in Clearwater and Tarpon Springs, a Greek Community known for its Sponge Docks where boats go out to harvest …
3/25 – 4/1/2015 Summary: We arrived on the boat on the 25th with a list of items to do before we made the crossing from Carrabelle to Clearwater. Tom started on the mechanical list while Paula continued to get things organized, including her new set of dishes. The weather held us off …
This blog is as much for us as it is to share our adventure with others. We figure when we get old (no comments, please), it will be a good way to reminisce about the trip. So the first couple of paragraphs are a summary of this two-week stay on …
1/13 – 21/2015 Well, mid-January came and we went to Pensacola fully intending to get started on the loop by ourselves. We had a list of things we needed to do before we started moving, which we thought would take “a couple of days.” Things were going well (although a bit hectic …
12/6-12/2014 Summary: We arrived mid-afternoon in Pensacola, rented a car, and headed for the boat. It looked just like we left it, so we headed out to McGuire’s Irish Pub. McGuire’s is huge! It’s a 615-seat restaurant the size of a football field (minus the end zones) that has been …
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11/15-16/2014 Summary: Well we finally did it…we left Gulfport, MS on the start of our Great Loop (GL) adventure. Tom met Brian Welch at the Gulfport, MS (GPT) airport at 6:00 AM, where he left off the rental car. We had finished the major items on the “To Do” list …
