Speakers
Route Briefing Track
This session will guide Loopers along Florida's east coast from Miami to Jacksonville. Dave will cover the distances between popular destinations as you travel northward in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW). The presentation will highlight the four coasts (First Coast, Space Coast, Treasure Coast and Gold Coast) that form the 350 miles of beaches along the east coast of Florida. He will also share things to see and do along the route, as well as introduce some intriguing history unique to Florida.
Dave and Claudia sold their home, bought a boat, had an estate sale, retired, and then moved aboard Still Waters II in June of 2015. Their initial quest was to do the Loop one time and find a home along the waterway. They completed the Loop in February 2017, notching 9,950 miles travelled, but failed to find a home. This necessitated a second Loop. The Platinum Loop was completed in January 2019 but again they failed to find a home. Putting house-hunting on the back burner, they next set off to do the Down East Loop. Figuring their best option for a home was somewhere on the Inland Rivers, they spent 2020 searching the Tennessee River. But, once again, they failed to find a home. In 2021, they decided to take the Ohio River up to Pittsburgh. In 2022, they took the boat to Texas. Still Waters II has been in all 5 Great Lakes, 3 countries (5 providences of Canada), every state east of the Mississippi River and 7 states west of the river. Oh, the quest for a home continues..........