Mike and Beth's Adventures

Sunset during our 20 hour Gulf Crossing- Carrabelle to Tarpon Springs January 18th-19th, 2022  Preparations Every day on the Loop is different.  This helps cultivate your sense of adventure.  Even as experienced boaters, we constantly find ourselves challenged in new ways.  Our 20 hour open water voyage from Carrabelle to Tarpon Springs was one of those challenges that you will remember forever.   My navigator is confident she can guide us to the other side First of all, the Gulf crossing seems larger than life.  The type of event where you can easily build a "boogie man" that grows in size, proportionate to your  anxiety level.  Many hours are spent in discussions, conversations and musings anticipating "the crossing"   There are so many tasks that must be completed or learned. which puts this in a different category of life experiences.  The decisions you make, and the care you have taken, to prepare yourself and you vessel w...

Moorings Marina - Carrabelle Florida Ode to Historians Historians are the curators of a city.  To have passionate historians researching, collecting, displaying and sharing tales of days gone by gives continuity to the present and reminds you that today's world is built on the efforts of those that have gone before.  Life was difficult and often tragic for our predecessors.  They didn't have the safety nets we take for granted.  They have to survive without antibiotics, medical or dental care, no phones to call for help when your horse kicked you or you were bitten by ever present snakes. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, natural disasters - you were responsible for rebuilding and recovering.  There were no insurance companies or FEMA to provide immediate assistance. The Carrabelle History Museum The Carrabelle History Museum is a wonderful community resource which adds color and vibrancy to the past.  It provides the foundation to interpret and understand wh...