Everyone keeps asking about our budget!

We weren't sure how long or how much our adventure was going to take or cost.

We figured it would be more expensive to loop the "back & forth" way, but we wanted to at least start our adventure. Our food & entertainment expenses are still about what we pay while at home (maybe even a little less, because we often cook on the boat).
The biggest expenses thus far have been marina dockage and airfare. The dockage has been anywhere from $450/month to $208/day at Atlantis. We try to reserve monthly rates whenever we can. Our highest monthly rate has been $1600 at St Augustine. But that will change this Summer in NY!
Our airfare, for 2, has been as cheap as $98 to Tampa and the highest was $600 for a last minute flight to Charleston.

I would guess we have spent about $12,000 in fuel expenses so far. We've traveled about 2,000 loop miles, but taken 4.200 miles to get there.
We've had several oil changes and some necessary & cosmetic repairs to the Bayou Gypsy along the way that have totaled about $22,000.
At this rate we'll spend about $20,000 more on dockage for the next 2 years, $15,000 in fuel and $10,000 in airfare, although the airfare may decrease with the increased time spent on board. :-)

Fall 2013 up the ICW to Wilmington, NC

We traveled from Nassau back to the good ole USA back in mid July. We stopped at Stuart FL's great Boatworks shop of Whiticar. The did about $19,000 worth of repairs & upgrades. Bottom paint, varnished all the teak rails, rebuilt the rudders and shafts and lots more! We couldn't be happier with the work they did!

We picked up the Bayou Gypsy from Whiticars in Mid September and began our trek north on the AICW. Our next stop was St Augustine. We stayed at the municipal marina because of its ideal location for walking to places of interest.

We headed further north with numerous stops along the way. We really enjoyed the Mansion house in new Smyrna beach, the stop on Jekyll Island was wonderful! And we felt at home at Harbourtown on Hilton Head.

We stayed in Charleston, SC but found it way to touristy! We loved the Christmas show at our stop in  Myrtle Beach at the Alabama Theatre.

We ventured on up to Wilmington to "store" the boat till Spring 2014, when we plan to resume our Loopy Travels!

We are scheduled to attend the AGLCA in Norfolk in May, then enjoy a 4th of July in NYC.
Hope to see ya on the water!