Hello friends and family! I wish I had better news, but first let me bring you up to speed on the events of yesterday before the plan moving forward. I was finishing up on the St Clair River, just about to enter Lake Huron when Neverland suddenly just stopped moving […]
Update: Sept 16
Currently at a nice marina in Port Huron having an issue with the transmission. Hoping it’s minor!
A Long and Successful Day
 Hello friends and family! Today started at 6 AM, as I got up and tried to assess the problem on Neverland with the alternator. Turns out it just needed a belt, and I just happened to have one! At 7:20 I left my anchorage and headed towards Detroit. I […]
Just Me and Neverland
First solo trip! Hello family and friends! I left work yesterday afternoon at 5 and pointed the rental car north and drove until I was only about 100 miles from Neverland. After 4 hours sleep at the rest area (not great sleep as you can imagine) I drove the last […]
Mother Nature Has Entered the Chat
Good afternoon, friends and family! The weather this morning looked fairly scary, as winds were blowing around 20 mph at our anchorage behind the breakwater wall. We could see out into Lake Erie and it looked rather nasty. Not wanting to press our luck, we decided to seek shelter at […]
A Long Day on Lake Erie
Good evening family and friends! This will be short, as we are exhausted. All repairs done and checked out, we waited a bit for the wind to die down some before heading out around 11:00 am. I made a less than graceful exit from the dock, bumping the stern against […]
Update: Sept 4
Jackson and I have just ordered dinner at a nice restaurant next to the marina. Mike (our Erie mechanic) wants to make sure a repair he made in a small leak is sound before we head out..and I’m inclined to agree with him. So hopefully we will get everything checked […]
Sept 4 Update
After a long few days in the road, we are anxiously awaiting a couple of leisurely days on the water! We arrived at the marina last night and opened up the windows on Neverland and started making preparations to have the boat launched in the water today. We are behind […]