Whooping Crane Cruise Summary

It was an incredible 14 days! This trip taught us so much more than we ever expected. We learned a bit about boat maintenance, the need to make sure you have spare parts and to inspect and change things like your impellers and filters regularly. We learned that provisioning is not just about having enough food and toilet paper on board, but also enough clothes. Less T-shirts and more underwear (unless you like wearing your husband’s boxers). We learned how long we can go without emptying our black tanks, the hard way. Two words: poop deck. Yuck.

All these experiences have helped us to broaden our skills and has made a considerable difference in our levels of confidence, both in ourselves and in LaurAlee!

Fulton Oyster Festival

Bonus…we also did get to see the whooping cranes! Quite a lot of them. And many other birds. And dolphins, too!

But the very best part of the trip was getting to know Jim and Connie, and Becky and Rick. We had fun going to the oyster festival and just hanging on Mischief Managed and Holiday. And all the extra help during docking was much appreciated too!

It was all a blast, and I am so very glad that we got to be a part of it!

Jim and Connie

Mischief Managed

Rick and Becky

Holiday

Chris and Laura

LaurAlee

The Boats

Holiday, LaurAlee, Mischief Managed