From North to south, to south to north.

- Wednesday - Left for Pittsburgh on the Greyhound around 9 am, arrived in Pittsburgh around 11 am in the snow, left Pittsburgh soon after on a Greyhound heading for Baltimore, arrived in Baltimore around 3 pm to wait for the Amtrak train, boarded the train around 6 pm
- Thursday - Arrived in beautiful and sunny West Palm Beach, Florida after a 22 hour train ride. Stepped off the train in warm, breezy weather, we were then picked up by Captain Leo Smith of the sailing vessel Glory B, a Bristol 30' and Jimmy, lover of Hobie cats and owner of head shops.
- Friday through Monday - lived, loved, enjoyed
- Sunday - rough dinghy ride with five people in the afternoon, fun and wet. Attached a wire deep in the port side cock pit locker (received slightly injured elbow from leaning on it). Had dinner made by Jean, a French chef. We were served a meal consisting of an inch thick rib eye, grilled asparagus and broccoli, and marinated tomatoes, as well as a bottle of local New York wine and a bottle of local Chesapeake wine, followed by sipping of a dark Jamaican rum
- Monday - prepped for the journey, changed the oil and filter, free dove on the prop in very cloudy, salt water. Water was appx. 65 to 68 degrees, 7 to 8 ft. deep, 88 degrees outside and sunny
- Tuesday - Set sail from Stuart, Florida appx. 8:30 am, passed a few bridges, ran aground in soft mud, went under a draw bridge, saw dolphins, docked around 5:30 pm
- Wednesday - Motored from Vero Beach to Titusville, stopped in a Loggerhead Marina

- Thursday - Motored from Titusville to Daytona Beach; rainy day of boating but the captain had some moldy, old rain gear for us; stayed at a mooring ball
- Friday - Entered Daytona Beach during "Bike Week"; very cold day of boating, saw manatees and dolphins
- Saturday - Waiting for warmer weather for a few days, scheduled to leave Daytona on the 10th or 11th
- Sunday - Cold front finally leaving the area followed by a warm front
- Monday - Left Daytona Beach, headed for St. Augustine. Warmer weather today, really nice speed, topping out at 6.2 knots. Moored off of the north side of Lion's Bridge in St. Augustine, saw the slave quarter, an old Spanish mission, and the Castillo de San Marcos.

A Sudden Turn of Events...

By the time November rolled around we had realized that there was no way we could comfortably remain aboard No Quarter and had to retreat back to our home in the 'mountains.' We had landed some decent jobs rather quickly, I in a local eatery and Brian in a scrapyard. When winter rolled it's nasty way through the Ohio Valley, we were called off a lot due to lack of work at our jobs. We were struggling financially, but luckily Brian's sister-in-law who owns a few apartments had a lot of work for us, and without them our winter would have been just as rough back home as it would have been on the boat. We didn't expect to make it back into the boating community until mid-April or so, when suddenly our luck took a turn for the better (and warmer.) Our friend Leo Smith, whom we'd met when he passed through Chesapeake Boat Basin last summer, posted on Facebook that he needed a crew for his trip home from Stuart, FL to Oliverbridge, NY. We jumped on the chance and after a 5 hour Greyhound trip from frigid Pittsburgh to snowy and frankly quite unimpressive Baltimore and there we awaited the train in beautiful Penn Station.
After a loooong and uncomfortable 22 hour train ride we arrived in Stuart, Florida, all within three days.

Just to think a week ago we were staring out the window into a wintry wonderland. West Virginia is not a place of many opportunities, and Brian and I could never express the gratitude and appreciation we have for getting this chance. Separately, we had bad luck, but ever since we met we've tried our hardest to do good for everyone and just hope that one day our luck will turn. Well we must have some very very good karma, because this is a life/career changing experience for us.

We would never be able to do what we're doing without the help and support of family, friends, and everyone we've met along our journey (who are now life-long friends.) Every single one of you have made a huge difference in our life and we could never repay everyone who has helped us, but we are doing everything in our power to get everyone we care about to where we are now. We love all of you and we will eventually be able to pay you all back!