I’m so envious! I started following you guys when you rehabbed Zephyr. But now that you’re on the St Johns, I’m really envious. I was in the Navy and my carrier was stationed at the mouth of the St Johns River in Mayport. While standing watch, I’d always imagine where the boats were going, what beautiful and peaceful destinations they were traveling to. That was many moons ago. Thank you for making these beautiful and informative videos. God speed, fair winds and following seas!

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

Glad we can share a glimpse into where the boats can go!

@mathewmcdonald3657

2 жыл бұрын

Were you on the Saratoga?

@237130

2 жыл бұрын

@@mathewmcdonald3657 It was the JFK.

Looks like a great trip! love St. Johns River

Happy New year to you both. Looking forward to your new season of yachting.

Looks great. Enjoyed the scenery and the glimpse of cruising. Thanks.

Thanks for the update. I enjoy your videos.

Just beautiful! Thank you for sharing 😊

@kevinhornbuckle

5 жыл бұрын

I like the drone footage.

Chris & Cheri, LOVED the new opening sequence! Thank you for sharing all your adventure!

A great video. Thanks for sharing your adventures on the water for those of us who keep our feet on land. I admire you both. Traveling solo in my RV is my adventure

Hope the year becomes a really good one for you.

Really looks like fun, looking forward to your next..

Hi guys! This was one of the most beautiful and inspiring videos you have made yet. After viewing all those beautiful anchorages and great drone shots of the boat both anchored and cruising we can't wait to get back aboard the Lola Marie. Thanks for all the hard work! We look forward to seeing you in Sanford again when it is convenient!

Love the new intro. Very nice. Glad your enjoying central Fl. We love it here

This was a great look at River Cruising. Thanks for Sharing!

Another great video. Thank you!

Ahhhhhh. What a lovely relaxing video! Great drone shots! Orange boys say hi to Kiki!

Looks like a great relaxing river to do a side cruise on. Enjoy. Happy sailing.

I feel that you're doing it the right way.

Envious. Happy & safe travels. Maybe one day we'll see you on the 2.

Great video! I had to wait a day and complete a project before I rewarded myself with it. I love learning about Loop side trips. I hope you guys will reconsider going on hiatus -- I think we're all just slowly catching up on things, in post-holiday mode.

Drone footage is great, it really adds a lot to the viewing. Thanks

I grew up in Deltona and spent a lot of time on the river between Astor and Lake Monroe. Then later I was stationed at Mayport in the Navy and had a 18' Bowrider that had been all over the area there down to Palaka.

Thanks for posting. This looks like a great side trip while doing the Great Loop!

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

If you have the time, it definitely is! Or it's own adventure too.

Amazing video. Cool to see the SJR from the water

great to see what the St. Johns is really like. I think of it being just a small shallow creek. keep up the trek.

the drone videos sure add something extra. thanks for sharing your adventure.

Thanks for showing us places we can’t fit. These waters are gorgeous!

Love the St John’s, spent much time camping along the river in my younger days.

glad you had your paddles with you.

We’re sitting in a campground in Charleston, SC and loving it. We totally understand why you’re taking your time with the Loop Tour. Honestly I don’t know when we’ll ever make it to the west coast. We love taking it slowly and getting to know an area. Enjoy!

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

Taking it slow is feeling right to us!

Thank you for St Johns fun

Greatly enjoyed this video. Surely is idelic, tempting we landlubbers to launch and create our own adventures.

I started following your channel a couple of months ago. The search that brought me to your channel was "The Great Loop". I think the first videos I watched was when you bought Y-Not. I too dream of cruising the Great Loop. I live in Southeast Michigan and have never owned a boat.... I'm not sure how that even happens. I'm glad that you have shared your experience getting on the water and the steps that you took. Thank you!. Anyways, not only do I want to complete the Loop, I am interested in living on a boat, full time, in the near future. So after finding you two, I have watched your videos on "Staying Connected" while on Land or Sea. Thank you so much for your Live Streams, (although I watch them after the fact). Also, for talking to Captain Chris, whom I now follow, and Curtis Stokes (?), whose web site I have frequent often. I find those videos very helpful. Thanks again for sharing.

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help keep your dreams ignited.. some great resources out there for sure.

Excellent!

Great workout before being able to relax

Awesome! can't wait until I get to go trawling just like this.

enjoyed another of your videos. You past right by our house as you turned off the intercostal onto the St. Johns. Keep it up.

Really enjoyed the views on this! It's kinda nice looking at this when everything outside is dead here and hardly any green anywhere. Made me want to go to Florida next! hahaha

Gosh I want your life! You are truly blessed

I learned how to fish and fished exclusively on the St John's River in the Satsuma area... In the 70's, the area was so raw and undeveloped it was an incredible experience I have yet to match... Snakes, Manatees, Gators, a Panther sighting and even a drunken report of a wild monkey. Lol and as far as the fish it was named the bass capital of the world however 2 hours of 2 person cane pole fishing would always yield 20-40 bluegill "keepers" almost every trip out(especially near the locks that Pres. Nixon had closed down) This is a fish story you can believe... Love that river and all the canals... Thanks for the video, cause for all these fond memories I share👍😊

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

It was amazing to experience areas that are still undeveloped along this cruise.. so amazing.

Thanks for all your efforts making these videos!

Grumpy cat is cruising!

Caught my biggest bass on Lake George, 11 lb.

Squirrel no crab pot. 😂👊👍😎

When you get to Lake George, don't miss Salt Springs and Silver Glen Springs. You should be able to anchor in the inlet and spend time snorkeling. These are major springs, much larger than Green Cove Springs. Speaking of which, on the way back, Corkey Bells seafood is a great place to dine on the water in GCS, FL.

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

We did stop at Silver Glen... stay tuned for the next episode. And Corkey Bells is in Palatka, not GCS :)

that is so cool , what kind of wild life did you spot?

It's always nice to see Admiral Kiki keeping watch over her crew. How bad are the mosquitos when you anchor in the creeks?

Are you making a stop in Lake St. Clair/Detroit River in the Great Loop?

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

It'll be a few years before we're that far on the Loop... we don't plan our stops more than a week or two out :)

It's fun watching your travels. One question. Traveling all over and testing all this equipment. How do you receive mail and packages. Does FedEx have a jet skis? :-) :-) :-)

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

We tend to have our mail and packages meetup with us during marina stays.

Happy New Year Guys! Welcome Back! So why is it called Cruising "UP" the river when you're traveling south? I would think that it would be called traveling "Down" the river if heading south? Curious.

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

Because the river flows north :)

@richardbohlingsr3490

5 жыл бұрын

FYI Rivers flow down stream, going up the river is into the current and going down the river is with the current. It cost more money in fuel to travel up stream, than down stream. Hope this helps.

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

No, we're traveling UP the river when heading south.. against the (minimal) current.

😎☕

What about mosquitoes? I have been dreaming of the same trip. And Also cutting across lake Okeechobee is on my list.

@Technomadia

3 жыл бұрын

There's some.. midges are more the problem.

@music-jj2pl

3 жыл бұрын

@@Technomadia How did you handle them? Its amazing to me how these insects can cross a lake or river looking for prey :)

This is great y’all! What a fun time. I found your blog online. I see where you cruised from Lake Saint George to Sanford Florida down the Saint John river. How was that trip as far as width of the river? Depth of the river? Was there any part that you thought this is a little sketchy? Because they’re making it sound online that you can only cruise from Sanford Florida down to the ocean where it comes in? Then I found yawls blog and I was like no these people cruised it😂 also if you could tell me how long did it take to get from the Saint George lake down the river to Sanford Florida. I have just bought a piece of property in the Ponderosa right there at Silver Glen Springs. So I would like to travel down the Saint John river to Cocoa Florida. I’m trying to figure out if that’s possible? I mean on a regular basis as of late I know it’s possible😢It seems like it is? My favorite restaurant is the lone cabbage restaurant in cocoa beach plus airboat rides!!! That’s where I want to get to lol. Also I see you brought your cat lol. Yes Banx our cat would have to become a boat traveler😮

@Technomadia

Жыл бұрын

Only as far south as Sanford is considered navigable by a boat of our size. We've not been any further south than that. Some say they go further south when the water is high enough, but we've not attempted it. The stretch between Lake George to Sanford is our favorite, absolutely amazing cruising and nothing to be concerned about (when not at flood stage and closed, as it is now). We've done it multiple times.. it can be done in a day, but we prefer to take a week and enjoy the amazing anchorages.

@Technomadia

Жыл бұрын

BTW - the river flows from South to North. It enters the ocean in Jacksonville, and does not connect to the ocean at all near Cocoa.

@chefevilee9566

Жыл бұрын

@@Technomadia Thank you for all this information. I know I cannot wait to spend some time on the Saint John River. We are from Beaufort South Carolina. I had no idea that the st. George lake was brackish😂 I knew that there were blue crabs at Salt Springs but I didn’t get any more involved in my head than that😂 So it is very interesting that that area has freshwater lakes and also brackish lakes that you can catch blue crab and shrimp. That is amazing! I’m glad I found this out before I bought lakefront property. Because for right now we just bought a half acre lot that I am going to do a ton of agriculture on. But in the future I was looking at larger lots down there on the lake.

So, can / do you swim in the water? Being Florida, was wondering about 'gators and bull sharks (I know they can and do go into fresh water)

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

You can if you really want to.. but we'll be passing on it :)

@Burner-Adventure-Chronicles

5 жыл бұрын

@@Technomadia Hahaha. Do you ever see them when you are traveling up water?

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely... and see them lounging in our marina too.

Hi I’m just curious, do you have to have a captains license to drive this? Also how would I go about getting one ? 😅

@Technomadia

16 күн бұрын

No.. a Captain's license is only needed for those wanting to pilot a boat commercially. There's a whole process to it, that involves a lot of logged time on the water first. Here's a video we did covering this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2SYxtCJkbi8lKw.html

Are you guys able to vote...I heard Florida Elections were trying to change that because it is a PO Box vs residence? Just curious.....

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

We covered that in this video, I believe?

audio seems "off"......happy cruising....looks very relaxing.

@robertwynkoop68

5 жыл бұрын

Ditto on the Audio, all high end no mids or low.

@rickragan8531

5 жыл бұрын

I wasn't sure why I was having trouble hearing. I thought maybe bc it was 2:30 a.m. but audio definitely off. Video was great!!!!

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that... getting back into editing after a prolonged holiday hiatus. Have limited time and recovering from some nasty holiday crud. Probably needed another pass on this one... but... life goes on. Lots up here. Video is just our side hobby.

@gvc56100

5 жыл бұрын

@@Technomadia the content is always top notch and truly enjoy your travels both on land and on the water....

Did you get rid of all the midges?

@Technomadia

5 жыл бұрын

Ugh.. another swarm last night and today.

@BillByrd74

5 жыл бұрын

Yuck....