Murphy's Island
South of Palatka, we turn to cruise Murphys Creek which is a side stream of the St Johns and forms Murphys Island. Narrow but deep, it...
Deep Creek
Our trip down the St Johns is going to be special because the majority of our nights will be spent at anchor as opposed to staying in...
The St Johns River
The St Johns is a unique river. To start with it's the longest river system in Florida and one of only 2 major river systems that flows...
We're in Switzerland!
............Florida, that is! How this place got it's name is still a mystery but after a week of cleaning up all the new leaks our...
Exit Hurricane Mode.............Pleeeeeze?!#$%^&*
The 13th named tropical storm of 2016 has been named Matthew and by now has already caused much destruction in the Caribbean and now it's...
Riders on the Storm - L9/Hermine Cometh!
Soooooooooooooooooo. Happy Happy is now about to experience her third major storm. We have been lucky that we really weren't in the...
Jacksonville and the St Johns River
We close this segment of the trip out with a cruise up the St Johns River to our next seasonal home for a few months. The combination of...
The Rivers - Heading up the east coast
We complete our crossing on the Okeechobee Waterway and land on the east coast of Florida at Stuart. The towns through central Florida's...
The Okeechobee Waterway
Our second day of the crossing takes us thru the last 2 locks that get us up to the water level of Lake Okeechobee in the middle of the...
Franklin Lock
Franklin Lock is our first day's destination and the first of the 5 locks (and more bridges!) we will need to transit to get from...
