Well, Ryk and I are home, unfortunately Slumlords is in Lake Charles Louisiana. We woke up on Monday, Feb 28th to a beautiful sunrise. ...

Finally...an uneventful day! We left Houma bright and early and a little rainy. No mechanical issues. No major weather issues. Just a...

Today's theme "Rise to the Challenge"! We started before sunrise with two plans ~ Plan A - head west in the ICW, travel through the...

Today was a 3-point day! What does that mean you ask? You must be making three points of contact at all times :) We left Gulfport...

Well, we made it out of Alabama!! Today we traveled about 85 miles - west on the GCICW, across the Mississippi Sound and tucked into a...

Best. News. Day. Ever. The Volvo mechanic came out and was able to fix the starboard gauges!! He also determined that the depth finder...

We didn't leave the Dog River area until a little after 0800, due to heavy fog in the Mobile Bay. We headed down the ship channel and...

Apologies for the delay in yesterday's post - I tried to get it posted twice and the connection was so bad that I kept losing everything...

We left Kingfisher Marina around 0630 and hit the Demopolis Lock and Damn about 4 miles down river. The fog was heavy when we left and...

What a day!!! We left Columbus Marina at 0610 - first crack of light and immediately hit our first lock (John Stennis Lock) in a brisk...

We left Midway Marina around 0630 this morning, made it through 4 locks and 58 miles - arrived at Columbus Marina (Columbus Mississippi)...

We made the unanimous decision to hold tight at Midway Marina on Thursday as the weather was predicting severe thunderstorms and high...

Not much of a journey today - 20 miles and 3 locks. The locks were very close together, about 4-6 miles, so once we passed through the...

After waiting around this morning, we were able to get the voltage meter replaced on the alternator and reinstalled on the boat. We...

Well, Day #2 didn't quite go as planned. At the end of Day #1 the starboard gauge cluster went kapoot. Mark checked the engine temps...

First lock - Guntersville - approximately 25 foot drop First lock - bundled in about 5 layers - it was around 30 degrees!! Please ignore...

Still waiting for verification of repairs on Slumlords (v2). Our living room is the staging area for the supplies we will be taking to...