The MississippiIf you’d told me last year that I’d spend my 23rd birthday eating oysters with well-known authors on the Mississippi River, I’d have been...
The La Grange Encounter; Dodge-a-LogAlong the Illinois Waterway there is a plethora of locks, and we were just starting to get the hang of the whole process when we got to...
There are No Men on BoardFAQ No, there are no men on board. Yes, it is just the two of us. You’re right, I’m not serious. We keep a boy in the lazarette for when...
Island Hopping: Midwest StyleIt is striking how different the first and second parts of this trip have been. I think of these parts as pre-Chicago and post-Chicago....
"We ran out of charts"Our next travel day on the river was almost way better. We stayed in Joliet an extra day to wait out rain, and this is when we met Tim...
The Real Day 1This is the part of the story where our blog name becomes a lie. After a lovely stay in Chicago (food, friends, stores, sleep) we made...
Crossing Lake MichiganFor the first three weeks of the sailing trip, it seemed like all I thought about was getting to Chicago as quickly as possible. “Chicago...
Open Water [ Lake Michigan- the less nice part ]Number one lesson in cruising: never have a time frame. Lake Michigan made sure we learned that lesson, very very well. We weren’t...
Open Water [ Lake Michigan- the nice part ]We arrived on Mackinac wearing bathing suits, and ended up in full foul weather gear to cross the straits. We had no exciting issues in...
NORTHPORTGrace and I decided to sail the Great Loop after following the blog katieandjessieonaboat.com a few years ago. (So really, mom and dad,...
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