Arriving in Bayside by water this summer was the fulfillment of a childhood dream.  As a young boy, I’d explore...

It’s so good to be back together.  Whether on the Exuma Sound, Mississippi River, Lake Huron, Gulf of Mexico or...

Before the real world reels us back in, we have another adventure planned aboard Muddy Waters.  We cooked it up...

Guest Blog by Pappy On May 3rd, our eldest son, Michael, embarked on a six-week odyssey, driving his 48′ trawler Muddy...

Here’s a shot of our Key West style home, built in 1939 on Venetian Causeway in the heart of Miami...

Daria, Jennifer, Keenan and Michael (photographed by sister Jaleh) on the docks in front of Muddy Waters on the day...

Here’s one of our favorite shots of Muddy Waters. Keenan took this photo last year and we enhanced it with...

Keenan and Daria are in charge of our dinghy, Mudcat. They raise, lower, clean, maintain, drive and dock Mudcat. Here...

Here we are approaching the Moser Channel under the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. We started on the...

Posing for a photo with Ellen and Sue, the great folks at Food For Thought Organic Cafe in Marathon in...

Here we are anchored out in a wide section of Little Shark River in Everglades National Park. With the tide...

Here’s a shot of the kids with my mom and dad in Naples aboard Dennis and Julie Fox’s Krogen Seafox....

View looking northwest from Cayo Costa. We enjoyed a long afternoon of beach-combing here after anchoring out a few miles...

Here we are with the Dohertys and Miskas in front of Muddy Waters and the historic Vinoy Hotel in downtown...

Here’s a shot around 5:30 pm on the evening of our Gulf crossing. Seas were calm and the breeze fairly...

Here’s a shot of a relatively small fishing vessel in Apalachicola. Because of the rich sediment flowing in from the...

Standing in front of Muddy Waters, Jennifer bundled up on a cool and windy afternoon, ready to hit the trails...

We didn’t quite do double-time back down the Tennessee River from Chattanooga, but we cut the travel days from five...

We had lots of Jennifer’s family visit Muddy Waters in Chattanooga, and the kids were happy to have more cousins...

Here’s another one of Keenan’s photos. He took this picture as we departed Clifton, Tennessee and returned to the Tennessee...

While in the Bahamas, we’ve been covering two main subjects a day – usually Grammar and Literature on one day...

Here’s a shot off our strern while at anchor off Highborne Cay in the Northern Exumas.  The water in this...

Here’s a shot of Jennifer, Keenan, and Daria on the beach at Bahia Honda State Park just after the Seven-Mile...

Keenan and Daria, off Key West Bight, in front of a GM pick-up truck currently out of service.  Looks like...

Leaving Sunset Harbour marina wearing our stylish Muddy Waters T-shirts, our Christmas present from Jaleh, Jeff, Chris and Wendi.  Michael’s...