And just like that.. it’s time for our annual travel wrap up! Where has the time gone? Oh right.. adventures! And lots of them. 2024 wraps up 18 years on the road for us together! This year started with Zephyr going right into storage back in our lot in Benson, AZ and setting off … | Continue reading
Oh boy.. didn’t I say in my last post that I shouldn’t let a month go by in-between blog posts? Yeah, I obviously have missed that goal! Well, suffice it to say, we are solidly back to van life since leaving Y-Not safely behind in her winter storage location in southern Virginia. … | Continue reading
After a delightful stay in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, we had time for one last adventure this cruising season before winter arrives. We decided on a relatively rarely done side trip up the James River to check out Richmond, VA – or RVA as commonly called. The river is na … | Continue reading
After an exciting crossing of the Albemarle Sound, we enjoyed a couple days just swinging on the hook off of Goat Island – at the entrance of the Dismal Swamp. It was delightful, and just what we needed to recharge. With some weather developing off of Carolina coast that might im … | Continue reading
We rode out the Labor Day holiday weekend in New Bern, NC – a side trip off the Intracoastal Waterway up the Neuse River. We ended up extending our stay by a day, as windy conditions had small craft advisories on the Neuse River for our journey back down river. As the Neuse opens … | Continue reading
We left Wilmington after a delightful month full of new friends, great food, entertainment and just immersing ourselves in an enchanting city. But we left with a little bit of concern for Kiki and her starting to not finish her meals – a fairly normal sometimes behavior. After cr … | Continue reading
First of all, a big huge thank you for all of the supporting and loving comments to the passing of our Admiral Kiki. It’s been a tough few weeks, but it’s time to resume the blog. This entry takes us back to the before times, when Kiki was still healthy and everything in our worl … | Continue reading
It is with deep sadness in our hearts that we share that our beloved Kiki passed away last week (Monday, July 29th) after nearly 16 years of full time nomadic adventures with us. The boat feels so empty without her. Kiki conquered our hearts back in November 2008. We had stopped … | Continue reading
After leaving Charleston in our wake, we took a turn to the north and were officially resuming our Great Loop. It was a windy day with some sporty chop on the harbor, but once we turned into the protected waters of Isles of Palms, things smoothed out considerably. But now we had … | Continue reading
A few weeks ago, we left Charleston in our wake and officially picked up where we left off on our Great Loop back in 2019. We thought this would be a good time to recap what the Great Loop is, our history with it, why we went on an extended pause and what our intentions […] The p … | Continue reading
After a marvelous couple of days in downtown Savannah, we were excited to continue northbound up the ICW. We thought we were getting back into our cruising grove, and enjoying the variety that life on the water can bring. Time with friends, time in remote gorgeous anchorages and … | Continue reading
Though we have two built in Garmin MFDs (multi-function displays which show sonar, radar, and charts) on our boat Y-Not – we have always relied on iPads as our primary chart plotters for navigation. The iPads offer a huge variety of marine apps – and these apps feature MUCH bette … | Continue reading
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a few weeks since we left Sanford in our wake, resuming our active cruising lifestyle. I originally thought I’d do one post wrapping up our segment up to Charleston, our turn around point of our first attempt at the Great Loop. But we were alre … | Continue reading
It’s hard to believe 4 years have flown by since we pulled into Sanford, FL as our pandemic shelter in place location. We knew that COVID wasn’t going away anytime soon, and Sanford felt like the right place to hunker down to ride it out. We’d be near family, friends and have dec … | Continue reading
First of all… a HUGE thank you to everyone who left a comment on Chris’ 18th Nomadiversary / April Fools Day post. This post generated more comments than any other in ages, and it absolutely warms our hearts that so many are still following along after all these years. The post a … | Continue reading
Today marks EIGHTEEN years since I first set off on the road, trading a San Francisco apartment and a Silicon Valley career for a life of adventure and exploration. So how has it been going? Time to settle down? Mission accomplished yet? Hardly. If anything – it feels as if I’ve … | Continue reading
We enjoyed a delightful couple of months finishing out 2023 at our RV lot at SKP Saguaro in Benson, Arizona – living aboard Zephyr again, exploring the area and surrounded by amazing friendships. But it was time to pack Blooper back up, get Zephyr back in the storage lot and make … | Continue reading
Last year we went out on a van adventure, starting in Florida to Oregon, Arizona and back again. And we recorded what RV mobile internet options we used at each stop. We’ve shared the travelogues from each segment on this blog if you want to dive into the trip details. We thought … | Continue reading
One of the many reasons we picked SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park as our nomadic port to store Zephyr and return to in winters – is the location in Benson, AZ is convenient to so much to explore. It’s about an hour from Tucson. In the past we’ve explored nearby Kartchner Caverns, Patag … | Continue reading
We just wrapped up our 2023/2024 winter season at our co-op lot in Benson, Arizona at SKP Saguaro. We became lifetime leaseholders at this Escapees park back in 2018, intending it to be our winter nomadic port. Since we got our lot, Benson is now where our vintage bus Zephyr live … | Continue reading
It’s the end of another year, and a time to reflect back before moving on. This tradition of annual wrap-up posts has become part of the fun of sharing for us. 2023 wraps up 17 years on the road for us together! We had a nicely split year between our 3 nomadic vessels: Y-Not (boa … | Continue reading
Over the past many months, we’ve gotten so many compliments on how we’re looking these days. If that includes you, thank you so much! Yes indeed, we’ve both lost a good deal of weight since our highs at the start of the pandemic. It’s been a slow gradual process over the past thr … | Continue reading
After we said our ‘until next times’ to dear friends at EclipseFest23, it was time turn the wheels towards Arizona and wrap up this segment of our van travels. Although we do wish we had a few more weeks to play with, as we have so many friends in Oregon we would have loved to [… … | Continue reading
Grand Junction, CO was sort of our bail out point if we decided we didn’t want to proceed to EclipseFest23 in Oregon. We could have easily turned south and headed straight to Zephyr in Benson, AZ instead. By the time we reached it, our excitement was mounting – especially knowing … | Continue reading
Oh boy, have I fallen behind on keeping the blog updated with our cross country van trip towards EclipseFest23 in Oregon. Last we left you, we had just settled into St. Louis for some time with family after our drive from Florida. That seems like a lifetime ago at this point! I s … | Continue reading
With the heat index staying in triple digits numbers in Florida, we decided to move up our departure from Sanford a bit and start heading north sooner rather than later. So on August 24th, after a week of prepping the van for a big road trip across country, and getting Y-Not secu … | Continue reading
It’s hard to believe we’ve been back in Sanford nearly a month now, it’s gone by so quickly! We’ve certainly been keeping busy with lots of live theater shows, time with friends & family, celebrating my 50th birthday and keeping our running & biking up. All of this despite some r … | Continue reading
Our final project at Lamb’s Yacht Center was replacing our front deck hatches. Our original Bomar hatches were now over 20 years old and had several parts failing, and they needed to be re-bedded to fix a leak that had developed. We opted for replacing them instead of trying to r … | Continue reading
When last we left you, we had just arrived back to Jacksonville after about a month out adventuring in the van. Y-Not had just been splashed after a bottom job and other projects that she needed to be hauled out for, and we had a project list ahead of us. We’ll catch you up on [… … | Continue reading
With Y-Not hauled out in Jacksonville for routine maintenance items (bottom paint, thru-hulls, anodes, etc) – we loaded up Blooper for some van adventures. We had anticipated that we’d only need to fill in a couple of weeks, but Lamb’s has been backed up and didn’t inspect our th … | Continue reading
We intended to depart Sanford sometime back in late January, head up to Jacksonville for some boat projects and then potentially head out on the Great Loop. But, life had other plans and we just weren’t feeling the call to leave Sanford quite yet. Winter is prime activity time in … | Continue reading
Today marks seventeen years since I first set off on the road, leaving behind a conventional life in Silicon Valley for a life of adventure and exploration. It’s hard to believe that it has been that long, and that I have seen and done so much in these years. But this past year h … | Continue reading
Wow. I just looked at our last post, and it was just over two months ago. Oops. The lack of posting certainly doesn’t convey the abundance of activity in our lives. So the good news is the reason for our absence is simply because we’re having way too much fun. So first, let’s get … | Continue reading
Ever since we got our eBikes, we have made it a mission to seek out great biking trails. But not just any biking trail, we really love trails that are easily accessible – right from where we are staying in our van, bus or boat. We do still frequently seek out cool trails and trai … | Continue reading
It’s the end of another year, and a time to reflect back before moving on. This annual tradition of posts has become part of the fun of sharing. 2022 wraps up 16 years on the road for us together! In many ways, our 2022 travels mimics much of our approach in 2021. We kept a […] T … | Continue reading
Seasons greetings friends! Wow it’s been a whirlwind since we ran our half/marathon almost a month ago! Things have been getting into the holiday spirit here in Sanford. Sanford is always full of surprises and non-stop events to attend – and the holiday season things get into ful … | Continue reading
A year or so ago as I realized my fifties were getting nearer a thought occasionally crossed my mind – was it possible that I could turn 50 and manage to be in the best physical shape of my life? That theoretically was not too much of a stretch. I had always been way more […] The … | Continue reading
The last couple of weeks, we have finally gotten back to some semblance of normal here in Sanford after Hurricane Ian. The flood waters have been steadily but slowly receding, power was restored, water is back on and the marina has been able to resume pump out service. We’ve been … | Continue reading
Our last post was on October 6 – just as we passed a previous record flood level from 1953 here at the waterfront in Downtown Sanford Lake Monroe ended up cresting at 8.96′ above normal on October 9th, and the waters have been slowly receding since then. We’ve been living in floo … | Continue reading
Just a few short days ago, I ended our Hurricane Ian experience on a positive note with only slight mention of water rising. Oh, how I’d love to rewind to those innocent days where a little water on the streets was all there was to be concerned about. Talking to dock mates who ha … | Continue reading
Thank you for all the support and thoughts during Hurricane Ian. We’ve been busy undoing our storm preps and catching up on sleep, but thought we’d take a moment to check in. Quick answer.. everything is a-OK aboard Y-Not. She’s a champ. And so is her crew. We ended up riding out … | Continue reading
A little bit of a diversion from the travelogue for a real time update. We returned to Sanford, Florida last week and are back aboard Y-Not. After a relatively quiet hurricane season, we of course have returned to Hurricane Ian. We’ve been fielding a number of questions on our st … | Continue reading
Can you believe that in our 16 years of full timing we have never RV’d in Canada? Yeah. We can’t either. We have however visited Canada many times by cruise ship, train and car. So this summer, we decided it was well past time we finally crossed over with an RV as well for a […] … | Continue reading
After our experiment with naked RVing in West Virginia, we had a couple more adventures up our sleeve before we planned to cross the border into Canada. For this segment, we focused on areas new to us to explore – which is amazing to think that after 16 years of full timing acros … | Continue reading
Ok. Time is moving way too fast. I seriously intended to keep this blog a little more updated closer to real time. However, I can report that the reason I’m so behind is a good one – we’re just having way too much fun! So let’s see, last we left you – we were at […] The post Summ … | Continue reading
We got the boat all buttoned up and the van loaded – and pulled out of Sanford on a sunny day with the wide open road ahead of us. And it’s already hard to believe we’re 2.5 weeks into this trip and already have had so many new experiences to share! The pace of life […] The post … | Continue reading
And just like that, summer is solidly here in Florida and the temperatures are heating up. Our season back on the boat is coming to an end. This week we are getting the boat ready for longer term wet storage for hurricane season while we set off on some van adventures for a few m … | Continue reading
15 years.. just.. wow. I can hardly believe that is how long it’s been since I pulled out of the driveway of my comfortable beachside home in a super tiny T@b travel trailer with this guy I had met on a Prius forum. We registered the domain name of Technomadia.com just days befor … | Continue reading