Choosing your path on the ICW between Norfolk, VA, and Beaufort, NC can be daunting. Now that we've officially done both the Virginia Cut (x1) and the Dismal Swamp (x2) we feel pretty good about sharing the pro-cons of both and some decision-makers to help you make your decision! We have a short cruise from the free dock in Portsmouth, VA to our stay at Waterside Marina in Norfolk, VA for the AGLCA Spring Rendezvous where we then break it down with a special guest, Bruce and Maggie Tate from MV Currently! Thanks for watching! Cheers from the Loop, Jennifer and Elliot #greatloop #boatlife #dismalswamp #virginiacut 🎥 Episode #248 | Filmed on May 1st, 2022 🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Portsmouth, Virginia _______________________ CURRENTLY AWAY BOOK https://go.schoandjo.com/s/currently-away-amazon 📚 Read Bruce's book about their experience on the Great Loop _______________________ BLOG https://schoandjo.com/blog ☝️ Read more and check out behind the scenes at the blog _______________________ AMERICA'S GREAT LOOP CRUISERS ASSOCIATION Join AGLCA for information on planning and completing your Great Loop adventure. Visit https://go.schoandjo.com/s/aglca _______________________ SUNDAY SUMMARY We send out a weekly email with our travel updates 📧 - https://schoandjo.com/sundaysummary/ _______________________ SUPPORT Free and Paid ways to help support our channel 🙏 - https://schoandjo.com/say-thanks/ _______________________ GEAR From camera gear to travel, boating, and hiking must-haves, it's all here 📷 - https://schoandjo.com/gear/ _______________________ MUSIC We get our music and sound effects from Musicbed and Epidemic Sound Epidemic Sound 30-day free trial here: 🎧 - https://bit.ly/sj-epidemic ________________ FRIENDS + Blog: https://www.schoandjo.com/ + Facebook: https://fb.me/schoandjo + Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schoandjo/ + Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/schoandjo/ + Twitter: https://twitter.com/schoandjo + TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@schoandjo ________________ ABOUT US Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive headfirst into boat life, and kick-off America’s Great Loop. The good, the bad, the ugly – and most importantly, the real and real funny. We’re not here to tell you “how it’s done.”, just how we’ve done it. And that whatever it is that’s calling you - the way you’ll do it is much more attainable than it may seem. Thank you for following us along our journey! ________________ Note — Some of these links are affiliates. We recommend stuff we love and if you like it also they might give us a small kickback. Thank you!