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We’re at Marathon Key, tied up to our favorite dock space where we can see sunsets directly into the Atlantic Ocean right from our aft deck. Very nice!We left Marco Island just after dawn and passed the many condos on the beach as the sun rose. We d…

Cruising again starts tomorrow!The boat is all prepped, including the reinstalled FloScan fuel monitor, and stocked, including a wonderful mango pie from the local Paradise Deli on Marco Island. Today we took our car to Marathon Key, in the middle of…

Back on the boat! Daisy and I drove back from Chicago, arriving this evening. It was 10 degrees with a foot of snow in Chicago and it’s 78 here and beautiful sunny weather. I’m picking up Kathy at the Ft. Lauderdale airport tomorrow so we can prep th…

We’re at Marco Island, FL, all tucked in at a private dock to leave Nonchalance here while we go home to Illinois for Christmas through New Year’s and to see some snow.The cruise through the gulf was in 1 ft. waves when we started from the anchorage, a…

Cruising Again! After a nice week at Marina Jack’s in Sarasota, we cruised south today and are anchored out at Pelican Bay in Cayo Costa State Park.We cruised out in the Gulf instead of the ICW because the waves were only about 1 ft. in the Gulf. It …

We completed America’s Great Loop Route Cruise today!!! Nonchalance is home in our marina, tied up safe and plugged in. I’ll be sleeping in my own bed tonight (I’ll probably be wondering why it isn’t gently rocking). Paul and I crossed the last 9 miles…

A nice tour Day in Chicago today.My daughter, Ann, and her friends Ian, Margaret, Mark, Rebecca and Brett came down for a little harbor cruise, and they brought good munchies for lunch. We cruised out past the Chicago skyline and around the Adler Plane…

I’m in Chicago, lovely Chicago!Here’s the Great Loop Route map with our red line going all the way back to Chicago. There’s only a teeny little line between Chicago and Wilmington, IL that I have yet to color in red. I’ll do that Monday. Today, we crui…