Ep:32 The Great Loop on a Shanty Boat | "Welcome to Busy Florida" | Time out of Mind

[@tcin10asee2]

The Good Lord put you in that place and you did what he expected of you. Thank you for this channel.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

You got it. Sometimes it's obvious;)

[@kirkdesmond]

Good on you for reconnecting the old lady with her car and bible.

[@DawneHamilton]

You talk about "people who help spend their lives helping people have it figured out". I am a nurse practitioner who helps give care to inmates with mental and drug issues. It always helps after a hard day to follow you and Wavy's travels and dream of my own. God bless you. Plus my French bulldog, Gunner loves watching Wavy so your channel promotes family togetherness. :D

[@backwatersandbackroads]

That sounds like a meaningful job. I've newer had a meaningful job that really makes a difference. I've wondered what it's like. I'm glad that our little channel and videos help you relax after all of that. Wavey is probably looking forward to moving off the boat this summer. Oct-June is a long time for a beagle;)

[@theconsultant8732]

Blessed is he who seeks the wellbeing for others - The Consultant 4-17

[@thedoor5442]

I think it's great that you live frugal ! My grandma always told me to "watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves"

[@brianklawitter8710]

Like bowling...pick up your spares and the strike will take care of themselves! LOL!

[@thomaskitz1185]

you are angel to help that woman with the stolen car !

[@backwatersandbackroads]

It just worked out. You saw, we prayed to be useful. And we were! ;)

[@paulduplantis1491]

The Naval Air Museum on that base is fantastic, home of the Blue Angels

[@backwatersandbackroads]

We saw them flying around while there. It wasn't an easy place to explore due to no place to go to shore. Seems to be the theme for Florida

[@RamblinRoverMatt]

Thanks you for sparing us the bath footage! 😅

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Right?! ;) I always do. You're safe here ;)

[@matyasxfulop]

Really enjoying your episodes. The pace is perfect to turn on and let run. Thrilled when I saw a new episode after coming home from the grind.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you for that helpful feedback. I'm always trying to dial it in for maximum enjoyment

[@charlessommers7218]

Good to see

[@cgr9430]

Can't begin to tell you how much we're enjoying your videos. And, yes, as owners of a second home, it's far better to have a Shanty Home on water. Thanks so much for what you're doing!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you for that encouraging and positive feedback. We thrive on it.

[@Thomas-zu4ci]

Yes so good that you helped her out ! always doing a good and spiritual life , can't go wrong in the hart .❤

[@1KemosabeLarry]

Nice fellow at the park!!

[@SCFoster]

Yesterday was a particularly stressful work day. So, before the work day started today, I decided I needed a dose of Wavey to put my mind and mood in the right place. Just as I'm typing this the phone rings at 7:50am.... seriously. I'm living vicariously though your adventures. Sunny days and fair seas.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I often forget just how busy of lives most people are living today. Sometimes it even catches up to us (trust me) the little things become "big things" (like today, I can't find a socket to change the spark plugs) it's life in general. That said, we run into that "peaceful easy feeling" more often out here than anywhere else;)

[@scable-eq7bp]

After me and Julie retired from the Air Force we knew we wanted to move to Florida, especially around the Florida Keys but we weren't ready to drop our life savings on a house or a piece of property so we end up purchasing a sailboat. We both come from a solid background of sailing and how to maintain them. We purchased a Privilege 615 Catamaran for a fair price and lived aboard her for 12 years in the Florida Keys on the hook. We saved enough in those 12 years to purchase our condo in Key Largo. I've always heard you lose money when you own a boat, but that's not always true, the catamaran we bought was a bank repossession that we paid $350,000. We did do some major upgrades to her in the 12 years we owned her and resold her for $1.2 million.....

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Holy buckets! That was 360 smart all the way around. How "they" are going to get us going forward is property taxes. :(

[@karaDee2363]

That's absolutely amazing. But I think that's the exception, not the rule from what I've seen..

[@scable-eq7bp]

@@karaDee2363 At the time we decided to sale the catamaran is when that hurricane hit the British Virgin Islands and destroyed 1000 of boats including a lot of Cat's that were used for charters. So those charter companies were scrambling to find boats to replace the damaged ones. They saw this up for sale sent, without even seeing the boat, they sent a bank check for what we were asking, after the check cleared, they flew a crew into Marathon airport on a private charter jet and sailed it back to the BVI's.

[@T.Watts89]

​@@karaDee2363Exactly! Notice they were on the hook for 12 years....if you use it as a boat that is most certainly not the case!!! 😂😂

[@brianquinn3451]

Great video as always. Very nice of you to help the nice lady get her belongings back. I agree sometimes helping and enabling there can be a fine line between the two.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

You understand. It's not as straightforward as some would suggest. Thanks for coming along.

[@Joannretirementforfun]

So in this episode when you went to the Publix and Circle K, we live not far from there. Love your channel and so happy to see you stop in our neck of the woods. Safe travels the rest of the way 😊

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you for finding us and sticking around;)

[@mikenienaber1012]

Another great video. It’s just so relaxing watching and listening to your adventures. Thank you!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks for sticking around Mike ;) lots more to come...

[@RamblinRoverMatt]

Made it back to the first episode i ever watched! Such peaceful easy watching 31 episodes so far. Great adventure and great film making! Ive been researching for my own future journey and already have some questions. Ill send ya an email soon and send wavey some treats to thank you for all your efforts 🤙

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I love helping folks build and have shanty boat adventures. Yes. Email.

[@RamblinRoverMatt]

@@backwatersandbackroads will do! Much appreciated 🙏

[@Old-bold-pilot]

Great place for a burger! You have chosen wisely. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@cpwatching5647]

Enjoyed the tour. Thank you. Safe travels.

[@garynoll700]

That was very interesting about Chico Island. I wish I was a little younger to do what you are doing, wondering around on water ways enjoying nature. I'm 78 years old. I've had numerous boats. My wife and I did a lot of trips in south fla. And keys and Dry Tortugas . We had a ball doing these little side trips while on a short vacations here and there. But not what your doing, I've always wanted to sell house and live on a house boat traveling all over. Wife passed a year ago and I've just been lost after 52 yrs being married. Your trip in your house boat has been good for me to see what you have on your videos. Please keep it up. I love the ventures. Thanks 🧜‍♂️👌❤️

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I'm sorry you lost your wife. Having a good dog for company really helps when doing stuff solo.

[@TravelerWendell13]

I enjoy your videos and just wanted to jump on here and wish you welcome to Florida, although by the weather, this video was from a while ago. We are fulltime RVers and live in a state park a few miles east of Inglis. It can be amazing when you're wondering how or if to help someone and God will put something right in front of you. We always pray that He will show us those who need help and make sure to "point them out" when our paths cross. Nothing better than the feeling that God used you to answer someone else's prayers. Give Wavy a hug, she's obviously Beagle to the bone. (I could tell by how nicely she walks on a leash.) Safe travels and keep looking up.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy! A beagle wants whats 10 feet in front of her nose always;) its January in YT time, that cold snap we had there for a week or so. Isn't it awesome when God is so obvious. It just happened to us again today. ;) We're so blessed. Thank you for finding our little channel.

[@TravelerWendell13]

@@backwatersandbackroads It has been our experience that once you truly open yourself up, it will happen much more often. We feel we are blessed also. We have been through a ton of stuff since 2016 that seemed horrible at the time but it turned out to be a very affirming experience. Whenever we needed, not wanted necessarily, but needed, it was there. And now we find ourselves getting paid to live in a state park, how bad can that be, right? Safe travels.

[@CarolinaGuy]

Every time I see the Deep Thoughts overlay I finish it with by Jack Handy. Lol,hope you and Wavey are well!

[@CarolinaGuy]

Glad you could help out that lady Brenton,we need more of this in a society that has lost its way.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

"Dog gonnit! People like me!" :) lol

[@gretarobinson1142]

So excited when I get a notification! This was an epic video. Thankyou for sharing your adventures ❤

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Greta;) Thank you for sticking around. Anyone that recognizes Matt's amazing insights, it's an honor to have them here. I just sent him a list of "NOTNILC travel tours" ideas today;)

[@gretarobinson1142]

@@backwatersandbackroads I hope he shares them on the channel! 😁

[@joebert889]

I do appreciate you sparing me the daily bath

[@backwatersandbackroads]

You're welcome sir! ;)

[@deannawood7522]

I'd be too distracted watching the dolphin and I'd run aground 😂. That has to be such a neat experience to ride along with dolphin. Enjoy!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

We had 2 riding right in front of the boat a couple days ago, and I happen to have the camera rolling. You'll see;)

[@deannawood7522]

@backwatersandbackroads how cool is that! I think a lot of us envious followers hitch hiking along with you would like a video of your favorite part of this adventure so far. I can send a list of questions to start.

[@lesliefleming4359]

Love that workhorse outboard of yours Brenton. Always problems with my iOS, but that outboard of yours is unstoppable. Love how you and wavey get thrown into such important usual, unusual situations

[@FourMaxK1]

Good video. Two items of info - where you passed the Lighthouse and Coast Guard vessels was right at Pensacola Naval Air Station, home of the Blue Angels! Secondly, the boat hull you found on Chico Island was probably washed/blown there by a hurricane - maybe Ivan. Safe travels.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I felt a little safer in that high wind knowing they were right there ;)

[@outdoors-with-Den]

Hey Brenton, what a trip, just keeps getting better and better!

[@markolson5626]

Toilet flushing at the end of deep thoughts was hilarious 😂

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Very fitting! Lol ;)

[@iacouple1]

Watching your latest #32….have watched from #1 BUTTTT we wish you would put the date next to the number of episode so we can relate….you said it was 35 degrees but was it January or March or ??

[@backwatersandbackroads]

That was in January

[@iacouple1]

@@backwatersandbackroads we have friends who winter in Destin area and it is sometimes with wind and damp cold as raw there as Iowa is…but no snow. We winter south further in little town of Punta Gorda and we saw anchored in Charolette Harbor this winter something similar to your shanty boat but not as nice as yours. We were hoping it was Wavey and his friend. 🤓

[@stevepascoe9724]

Hi Brenton, Just wanted to say how much i enjoy your vids on this adventure!! I look forward for the next one each week! Give Wavy a slobber from me! Thanks

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you Steve. Encouragement is much appreciated here ;)

[@mcnckarl]

Seen u come thru Swansboro NC few days ago… love it man. Got sum good pics

[@btrent9244]

Outstanding video. Very nice Good Samaritan gesture for granny. I’m sure she was quite appreciative. Agree with your thriftiness in a penny saved is a penny earned. Hello to Wavey 👍👏🏻.

[@chiggervillefarm]

Wholeheartedly agree with @btrent924!

[@michaelmello9510]

Nice 👍

[@davidmilledge221]

This is a great channel I love watching it back in Australia we have the mighty Murray River and some people live in bigger boats like yours we call them house boats , and there's thousands off them used as holiday homes what a great way to live 👍

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I've seen videos from there. If I was an Aussie, I'd live in Tasmania;)

[@janeysiegrist5061]

Wavey looking at the groceries from the doorway😆poor sweet baby, never gets nothing 😢😂. Nice dolphin shots. Where are my favorite sea cows?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

One of those less common beagle noises (without screaming on 11) ;) I've seen some sea cows, south of Titusville, I think I got some footage. A fella who lived around there said he use to love them, now they're as common as crows ;) I guess it's time to start eating them again? And did you see those dolphins throwing that fish around?!

[@janeysiegrist5061]

@@backwatersandbackroads dolphins are brutal 🤣

[@rope2hocks]

Hey you 2! I got to see you when you were in Bayou Chico on the little island by our marina, Pelican’s Perch. That’s when I discovered your channel. The ‘opening’ out to the Gulf (not ocean although it looks like the ocean out there) is called Pensacola Pass. So glad you got to stop in our great neck of the woods on your travels! We just brought a boat home from Pickwick Lake in late Sept & so recognized all the locks & sights you filmed! Enjoy watching, thanks for doing all this. Safe & fun travels the rest of your way!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy! I'm glad you found us ;) that island was a little piece of sanctuary in an otherwise crowded place. We had to sneak to town. Ah being poor...;)

[@tomkellum6754]

Thanks for taking the time to remind us that God is good and we should follow his guidance. You’ve demonstrated that today by helping multiple people keep up the adventure and will keep following. Take care. Tom

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks Tom. It's an everyday task to try to be worthy of the gift we're given. That's why I try to be subtle. No hamfisting here. If you see it...call me out on it! :)

[@hobologna]

You're living my dream brother. I want to tour with my dachshund/pit mix (also a needy barker who loves to walk), who is only 7, so when she starts slowing down this is how we will travel in the future. I grew up on the water sailing and operating small vessels, surfing, kayaking, etc.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Fantastic! ;)

[@davelawrence6777]

Thanks buddy good wanderings abd ponderings

[@evawinchester6122]

Another epic video is so many ways, Brenton and Wavey! I love how your opportunity to help popped right up, as if on cue. So beautiful! I have one of those Tik Tok “steal with a phone cord” cars too. Gratefully no one has stolen my POS. :) You help so many of us with your uplifting videos, Brenton…BIG TIME! It was excellent hearing Matt give you and Wavey a shout out on his video the other day. That made me smile! What if the world looked at the dolphins as teachers? We have a lot to learn from those extraordinary beings. God bless you, Brenton and Wavey! Me and the kitties send hugs!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Hi Eva, I heard that the Kia Soul is very easy to steal. Did you know I drive a Scion Xb (the metal tent) like Matt does? His is a 2nd gen, mine is a 1st gen. Awesome cars that run forever. What are you driving that's so easy to steal? You heard Matt give a "Wavey Dog" shout out ;) I emailed him a picture with Wavey's right eye covered. Can't you just hear him saying "ooohhhh noooo" ;)

[@evawinchester6122]

@@backwatersandbackroads I really love the Scion XB’s and have been looking at them since you and Matt are the smartest guys I know. Plus, they look cool. I have one of the stealable Kia Souls. Tried to get a new insurer this year and gratefully I’m grandfathered in. They said 90 percent of insurance companies won’t insure them because of the theft issue, even with Kia’s recall (I can hear Matt moaning) and alleged “fix”. Tell Wavey to run from that club now!!! She’s too good for the creeps! :) Have a wonderful day, you guys! Me and the kitties send you guys hugs!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@evawinchester6122 Eva, if you can find a 1st gen Scion Xb (2004-06) the "toasters" or box on wheels, they run forever! If you have time and/or feel like it, look back on my channel from 2 or 3 years ago, my first one I used to explore all over Superiorland, and deliver solar panels (sometimes a 1k pounds worth!) The one I have now I made a video about finding and fetching its from last fall. They are one of those cars the NOTNILC don't want us having. It slipped through;)

[@evawinchester6122]

@@backwatersandbackroads Thanks SOOO much Mr. Brenton! I’m gonna save your info in my notes. I’ll keep my eye out locally for a good deal on one while I’m roaming garage sales all summer! (Just missed out on a two owner ‘68 Mustang coupe. UGH!) I’ve been working on manifesting the perfect car. I don’t want anything that includes the hookup to the Borg so the years you mentioned are the last before the total Big Brother (big fat losers) takeover. Giant hugs and happy day to you and Miss Wavey from me and Max and Anabel.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@evawinchester6122 I include my email in descriptions of videos. Happy to help you find a good vehicle Eva ;) I just sent Matt a "NOTNILC travel tours" list ;)

[@RamblinRoverMatt]

Watch out for needles around those homeless camps 😬 ! Ive worked with Hispanics in food and bev and no matter how hard i work, they always work harder. And then they go to another job and work harder again 😅 so much respect for them 👏 And great tip with the shoes..as you now know oyster cuts take forever to heal !

[@glbaker5595]

You don't look like many head down to the keys,, I left Kentucky when I was 14 and live down in largo July was about 17,, headed out to Alaska and then after several years there started remembering the warm breezes in the keys and headed back down there for 12 or 14 years

[@EKMGWats]

That little boat at 30:17 is a Rosborough or maybe an Eastern….likely Rosboroughi I think. Have been enjoying the videos and hubby and I can’t wait to start our Loop in a few years Thanks for the entertainment and inspiration!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks for being here ;) that was a nice little trawler. Good size. Not too big.

[@karaDee2363]

It feels like a real treat to have a new video 40 minutes long on a Wednesday. I love it❤ Deep thoughts, is I agree that Shanty boat is better than a second land-based home . Most of us do all tend to collect things, so we need a home base to keep things we cherish. But it would be a lot better if we could just free ourselves from all that clutter. Or as George Carlin called it, " Stuff".. which he was absolutely right, since we always bring our stuff with us everywhere we go and and where we go, we end up bringing more stuff back with us. LOL I don't know where you and Wavy are right now, but wherever you are, hope all is going well❤

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Hi Karen! ;) I always love your comments. We are in SC now

[@karaDee2363]

​@@backwatersandbackroads..Wow!, you've been making great Headway Not sure why gasoline is always so expensive in Florida, but right now it's 3:29 a gallon in my little town in Massachusetts

[@albertwhitehead4849]

taxes @@karaDee2363

[@IntheBlood67]

@@karaDee2363 Wow! 3.59.9 here in Northeast Putnam County Fl.(Palatka)

[@karaDee2363]

​​@@IntheBlood67.. that's probably considered cheap in Florida . Prices came down another couple cents here today, down to 3.27 a gallon... although one station is cheaper at 3.25 a gallon and the Gulf station is more at 3.28 a gallon. If we didn't have a gas tax, which is actually a road use maintenance tax, our gas prices would be around $2.80

[@stevehoffman4429]

Praise the lord

[@doncollins786]

Great episode, it was worth a third cup of coffee! Good job helping Granny get her car and Bible back, too! Marcia wants to know what happened to your beard? :)

[@backwatersandbackroads]

That God awful beard! It keeps coming back too ;)

[@doncollins786]

@@backwatersandbackroads Well, my sister thinks you're hot. What does she know? hahaha

[@ryanm7865]

Thanks! Love the videos.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Wow. Thank you! That helps a lot. 3 days of fuel is what that equals, with some treats for the brat ;)

[@alimcally279]

Your videos came up on my recommended and I love it! I watch a lot of sail boats but motor boats are my 1st choice and your little shanty is great! I have a lot of catching up to do. I love Wavy but he is a nose dog... follows his nose and wants to hunt. I'm hoping you come all the way south in my Florida territory on the ICW.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Welcome! Thanks for finding us ;) Wavey is a she. Just so you know. Definitely a slave to her nose

[@de6360]

Thanks for sharing. Hope the rains rinse some of the salt away.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Me too! :) keep moving is the key

[@scottcanfield8872]

And, I should say, really liking all your posts.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you sir! I appreciate all feedback.

[@danielkoehn3209]

Too bad you missed Fort McRee! My family loves to stop at the Oar House when we are in the area on our boat. Hope you’re have a good day out there. 😀

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I heard that was a cool place to visit. There's so much to see, it's hard to do it all. I've all but given up on the official sites, now just where we happen upon ;) wait until you see Duafuskie island

[@wallsle]

Enjoyed the vid Brent. My little beagle is very vocal like Wavy.

[@markszawlowski867]

Yep, I can see how a shanty-boat's better than a second home for the water-inclined like your good self. For my wife and I, a tiny house in the bay we love is better than a second home in town.

[@boaterlive5614]

Awesome Brenton, really look forward to your stories.

[@boaterlive5614]

Interesting are you talking about a sponge bath on the boat or do you actually do "it" (bathe) in the water?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@boaterlive5614 we jump right in :)

[@bernardchalecki4163]

There used to be a shanty boat website. They were quite prevalent during the Depression. One of our Presidents grew up in a shanty boat that had been pulled up on land to become a house, a small house for sure.

[@ChrisC-gq5ni]

Wavey is on tour 😂😂😂. Good to see the barge handle some choppy seas. Going to be a lot of that in the future.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy Chris. Those seas were worse than they look. Handled fine ;)

[@onlyychevys]

How far behind from now are your video's? I love the life style you are living!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

We just crossed into South Carolina

[@AndreaLKL72]

14:41 ohhhh i love the oar house! OAR house. 😂

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@AndreaLKL72 you've been there? ;)

[@AndreaLKL72]

@@backwatersandbackroads i've been there a couple times. I spent a month in Navarre FL (the emerald coast) my parents stayed at a RV park there. They used to go over to Pensacola to the Oar House and I went with them a couple times. Great place!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@AndreaLKL72 that was a wild couple of days. Stolen cars! Wind! Our own island in the middle of a city ;)

[@kevinportersr2368]

I’m glad I stumbled onto your channel. I love your boat. I have a suggestion for you about fresh water. I’m pretty sure someone else may have already suggested what I’m about to. Since you have gutters on both sides of your boat, why not put a downspout and to say a couple of 5 gallon buckets or even a 5 gallon or 10 gallon tank so every time it rains you’ll have freshwater. This is only a suggestion. I really do admire what you’re doing! I think it’s awesome!

[@kevinportersr2368]

I have watched every episode since you started. Since I am currently unemployed, it only took me about two days. I am living vicariously through you!

[@kevinportersr2368]

I have watched several videos of people making houseboats out of pontoon boats, but no one put gutters or captures rainwater. I am fairly sure that it wouldn’t save you a lot of money in the beginning, but I think it would over the long run.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy. Welcome. Thanks for finding us. Not always easy. I do have plans for harvesting rain water as you describe. I spend most of my time on the great lakes, so fresh water isn't a big issue. If we ever go to the Bahamas...that would be a good way to have fresh water;)

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Nice video. It was a great thing you did by calling the lady about her stolen car. I hope the person or persons who did that, did not do too much damage to it.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

It looked fixable. I bet they knew about that spot and ransacked many cars behind that house. :(

[@222dyan]

Hi, I just found your channel.very cool. I've had it in my mind to do a solo trip on the waterways with a little house boat too or a sailboat. You go my speed as well, taking it easy enjoying the scenery. I'm in western north carolina looking to see where I can pick up a similar route down into the gulf. Any suggestions on the kind of vessel you have? What engine do you use? What's your gas mileage like? Very cool. Happy cruising.😊

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy. Welcome. Thanks for finding us. There's all sorts of that information here on our channel (480+videos) if I can help with some specific information, email me? In descriptions of videos. We're currently in Charleston, SC headed slowly north

[@222dyan]

@@backwatersandbackroads Thanks so much, greatly appreciated.I will enjoy watching your videos and getting more knowledge. Admire what you're doing. And I totally agree, a shanty houseboat is a house. I live in a tiny house in the mountains. Had the same thought, instead of buying anything in FL just cruised down there for the winter, for a few months in a houseboat. Happy cruising. Look forward to following your journey...😊

[@dannycaldwell2597]

Great video, those dolfins Where having fun with that fish ,I think I them throw it 3 times 😂😅

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Wasn't that cool ;) so playful. I got footage just yesterday of them swimming right in front of the boat. You'll see...

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

Hi 👋 👋 Brenton and Wavey 😊😊 enjoyed the video as usual

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Hi Greg! :) --Treaty Wave

[@lindaberl3712]

That is interesting about what you said about living a hedonistic lifestyle. You are living for self during this adventure, but you helped that lady today and I am sure you help people when you are home. It is about balance. God does want us to help others along our daily path. Glad you found and returned the Bible, I would be heartbroken to lose mine! Please be careful walking around abandoned homeless camps, there could be used needles under the leaves and you or Wavey could get poked.

[@woodsontr]

Pensacola NAS, where my dad worked. Cool light house to. The Naval Air museum is a good place to visit.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I wish we could have figured a way to unload the scooter buddy. Would have seen that lighthouse up close

[@markolson5626]

Gotta love the frogger skit!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I bet I spent 1k dollars in quarters in my wasted youth. And Tempest! ;)

[@60fenwick]

Great episode, Brenton!

[@tenzie6847]

We just met on your trip. I hope you enjoyed our island d'fuskies

[@tenzie6847]

I would like to send you an updated painting photos

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy! I was hoping you'd find us here ;) Duafuskie was fantastic. I know why you moved there.

[@guylr7390]

Good video today even with the disturbing elements of people living tough lives. One observation on the non-ethanol fuel. I’m an advocate of using it, especially in my restored motorcycles that sit unridden for long periods, but it’s probably not something you need for the day to day running of your main motor because you’re using fuel quickly and it doesn’t have long to absorb moisture from the air. However it I think it is a good thing to fill up the scooter and trolling motor with non-ethanol as the fuel sits in those tanks for a long time. Cheers

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Yeap. You got it. For long term storage and small motors like the dighny

[@brianquinn3451]

Something to watch out for and I'm hoping it's an isolated event fuel samples was pulled by a boat shop tech one that the person swears they only buy non ethanol and another that buys what's cheapest or most convenient (yes that was mine) the claimed non ethanol had several percent higher than mine my thought is someone is untruthful or a business is being shady.

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

Personally, after living on a boat for many years, I always felt that the beauty of it was that my homebase was always with me wherever I was.. my homebase is Ashore now, I miss my boat

[@backwatersandbackroads]

It's a freedom loving lifestyle for sure :) I do like riding the back roads on 2 wheels too

[@paulocavalcanti9684]

You became the water gipsy!

[@Jhawkkat]

The boats ending up on land and/or swamped is usually from tropical storms and possibly storm surge.

[@Artoconnell]

A penny saved is closer to two pennies earned. well done SIr.

[@w00dw0rks101]

Lots of quiet space up on the east shore of Blackwater Bay. Near Escribano Point Wildlife Management Area

[@randycollins4077]

After viewing you adventure in Florida so far, I'd prefer going back to the river. More freedoms on the river it seems.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I'd say so. Florida is crowded.

[@scottanderson1761]

Ar Mayo in Jacksonville for my post op follow up. No fun here today, but test results are good. I thought about you and Wavy when I crossed the big bridge. One more appointment and then headed back to Blackshear. Yall doing good I hope. What do you use for the Sand Nats?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks for thinking of us. We had a maintance day today. Work horse purring again. We just anchor in the wind if possible. Definitely helps with bugs

[@markJones38133]

There is a island beside the e Pensacola Navy base marine there that is between land like a inlet, anyway there is always 3-5 house boaters there where people be park there, it stop the wind from hitting your boat. Whenever I go down every March or June or July and October, they be there. I haven’t been there since 2022 though because the bases have raise their fees on base rooms to stay, it use to be $60-80 a night and now it’s like $200 or more a night there. It’s cheaper to stay at a motel now.

[@markJones38133]

Nice seeing the dolphins, when I take my jet skis or 05 Macgregor 26M with a 50hp 4 stroke down, I see them in that area a lot. When I bought my new Yamaha outboard off the internet, I had a new timing belt put on it with new plugs and wires and of coarse all the fluids change from a Yamaha dealership. So did u have any of those things done to your use Yamaha outboard before the trip?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

All those things were done before we left, about 400 hours when we left. Who knows now! ;)

[@robmitchell3633]

Pensacola naval museum is really nice btw

[@irkytskAngaraAleksandr]

Brenton, ты механик👌👍. Уважаю тебя

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks for being here sir;)

[@StephenPalmore-u7j]

My thought on traveling the ICW was to plant trees and perennial crops along the way ...then set my voyage dates in the future to match the harvest times of the crops . Everything from oranges apples strawberry's asparagus ...and the like could be left ...then when I retire from traveling sell my food map to other loopers .

[@backwatersandbackroads]

That's a cool idea. The Hubbard's did something like that and wrote about it in "shanty boat" the book

[@seventeenreasonsails]

If you get a chance and feel like it, come over to the Milton city dock. I will get you a cup of coffee and a bite to eat. I think you may be gone already due to the temps you are talking about.

[@woodsontr]

Just down from the Oar House is Sanders Beach which had Grotto Hall where in 1971, I think, 🤷🏼 I saw Ted Nudgent and the Amboy Dukes‼️ 😂

[@backwatersandbackroads]

You witnessed a legend at the beginning;)

[@markJones38133]

Brother you are down close to Sanibel island, that’s a place I want to go to bad. I was wrong, you are at Bayou Chico Peninsula, when first googled it, it came up as Chico island near Sanibel.

[@woodsontr]

That sailboat was most likely complements of hurricane Ivan, 2004

[@hooligantimes9132]

There's a boat on the reef with a broken back!

[@cWatts-zv3oo]

And he could see it very well.

[@davidmilledge221]

In Australia a vessel can pull up in an illegal spot only if your vessel is in distress , that can meen a few things

[@flatbedtruckingsamrides.9355]

Helping people; Also see- no good deed goes unpunished. Disclaimer: those in this position by their own bad decisions. Tough love best applied.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

That's the juggling act to helping people. There's also narcissistic users out there that are professional con artists. I've been taken by a few

[@mariocomo2169]

The sailboat was probably thrown there from a Hurricane. A good friend lives there and he was sending me pics of the destruction about 5 years. Also when I was in Ft Myers each January ‘23 it was shocking how boats were laying in the mangroves as if they were toy boats

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Those "Modern Day Shipwrecks" as we've come to call them are endless intrigue here in Florida us. Some of them are nice boats! Thanks for being a member of the channel

[@mariocomo2169]

@@backwatersandbackroads BTW - Finally was able to locate the “member” button and joined a few days ago, next burger is on me 😀.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@mariocomo2169 thank you! Very helpful ;)

[@thaboomer53]

Watching you channel for a bit. Just curious how hard it is to get gas for your motor as you travel. Is a marina the last choice because of price? What kind of gas efficiency do you get on your outboard?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Had isn't too hard really. Stopping at marinas is most convenient, but more expensive. Me and the beagle always need exercise, so we hoof it to has stations. We burn about a gallon an hour

[@wilsonfrye9987]

Please replace the nail you subbed for the cotter pin with the proper stainless steel cotter pin soon. If the nail is mild steel it will waste quickly in that salt water.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I replaced it soon after ;) You're right, and thanks

[@maggieward1892]

Thank you for sparing us watching you bathe!! Seriously I really hate it when a channel purposely includes that kind of footage as if viewers are just dying to see them naked. Not a prude just there’s a time and place people !! Loving ur channel

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Exactly! :) even bikini channels with young beautiful GFs/Wives....don't want to see it. Don't need to see it. :)

[@Horatio1886build]

As a trailer sailor I enjoy your channel. I have cruised the keys several times over the years in the winter. I have been in some nasty cold front passages swinging at anchor hoping it doesn’t drag.

[@Horatio1886build]

Things are not as affluent as the rest of Florida. I thought it would have been more built up with outrageous expensive residential areas.

[@Horatio1886build]

I remember going down to Florida in the late 1970s. Was still a lot of old school economical retreats then in the Florida keys. I was shocked how expensive and overbuilt the entire Florida keys were when I returned 2017- 2021.

[@Horatio1886build]

The sailboat was probably stripped and then illegally dumped. A big problem down there with abandoned boats in Florida. Or some one just got old and had to give up on in the project and parted it out.

[@scottanderson1761]

Another good episode. Where you at now? SC? NC?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks buddy. We're in SC

[@scottanderson1761]

Big golf tournament in Hilton Head this weekend. They fire a cannon to start it on Thursday morning. If your not aware it will scare the crap out ya. They call it the Heritage. Me and you wouldn't fit in with this group. Lol

[@runltdan]

Very cool trip. How long is the boat? 8ft wide?? Does your solar support a refrigerator and do you have an a/c ? We plan to do the ICW Atlantic. Are you going all the way to Key West or cutting up through Okeechobee?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy. Welcome. I have a full build series here on my channel. "The Beagle Barge Beagle Build" nutshell: 30x8.6 welded aluminum barge hull. We passed through the Okeechobee cut through. Stay tuned...

[@runltdan]

@@backwatersandbackroads Cooooool Thanks. You really did an outstanding job on that thing. Choosing a small engine was a good decision.

[@tomcop668]

You should look up the Seinfeld episode where George buys the old Frogger arcade machine he had the high score on and tried to get it home without losing power.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I don't know where I was in the 90s, missing all these great shows. ;) I was a Northern Exposure and Star Trek TNG fan.

[@runltdan]

Are you gonna make the return trip through the Chesapeake or Norfolk area?

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Yes sir. We're in SC now and headed slowly north

[@ajdahun]

Perdido Key, Grand Lagoon, n Johnson Beach. You're in my back yard, aka playground.