Category: Travel
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Days 5-16 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
What we thought would be our last night on Zinful, turned out to be only night 7 out of 18!!! Wow, we had not seen that coming and we were unprepared for such a long stay. We had made arrangements with a DIY boat yard in Fort Pierce to be hauled out of the water…
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Day 4 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
Our fourth (and final day!) moving Zinful was our longest day at 50.7 nm, but also our shortest day at 6.5 hours of travel time. Today was wonderful cruising, and without the bridges and hustle of large cities. Almost at the very end of this ~200 nm journey, Tom lost power to the starboard (right…
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Day 3 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
Our third day moving Zinful was a long, slow day. We cruised under bridge after bridge, only some of which we could fit under while the bridges were closed. For the closed bridges that we couldn’t fit under, we had to time our arrival with the scheduled bridge opening times. The times were usually every…
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Day 2 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
Our second day moving Zinful was spent on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). The AIWW is a network of waterways, some natural and some man-made, that stretches over 1,100 miles from Key West, FL to Norfolk, VA. We’ll get to travel every mile during our Loop! We left Key Largo and continued our journey north,…
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Day 1 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
Zinful was located in Key Largo, FL and we needed to move her to a DIY boat yard in Fort Pierce, FL to spend a little time getting her Loop-ready. That’s about 200 miles for our first journey on the boat! After spending a few nights aboard at a marina waiting for good weather conditions,…
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Day 2 @ Glacier National Park
Day 2 |Â Glacier National Park We were able to get another permit, for a second day in the park. The permit was for the popular Going-to-the-Sun Road, which travels from west to east through the entire park. Our plan was to stop at some of the many, many trailheads along this road and hopefully get…
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Day 5 @ Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park’s coast is the longest section of undeveloped coastline anywhere in the contiguous United States! Today we explored along the southwestern half of this wilderness coastline. Day 5 | Olympic National Park The Olympic Peninsula coastline is filled with rocky cliffs, sea-stacks, misty mornings, and endless waves crashing. We picked our way over…
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Day 4 @ Olympic National Park
The Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park is one of a few places Tom has been talking about for years. I’ve seen photos from his visit in the fall of 2021, and they’re filled with lush greenery, vibrant fungi, and golden sunlight. Day 4 | Olympic National Park We had a late morning, catching…
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Day 3 @ Olympic National Park
Moving down the west coast of Olympic NP, we found ourselves at a series of beaches. We hiked around Rialto Beach, La Push, then aptly named First, Second, and Third Beach. Day 3 | Olympic National Park It was overcast again, and the weather was cool with occasional showers. The hiking terrain was diverse, from…
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Day 2 @ Olympic National Park
We tagged the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States! This point is located at Cape Flattery, within the Makah Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula. The Makah call this area of Neah Bay “The Beginning of the World.” Day 2 | Olympic National Park While not technically in the national park, but rather on a…