Ahoy from Northern Michigan! We have no plans to ever to the Loop on our boat, but we’ve made the trip vicariously about 12 times by watching UA-cam Loopers. 😂 Most of them have already crossed their wakes, so I’ve been looking for new boats to follow, and am happy to have found yours. BTW, it would be great to see a tour of your boat soon!
Hello Chris and Lisa! I’m loving the videos! Trying to catch up! You guys are seeing such beautiful sights, you’re not going to want to come back to Texoma! Your place is looking fine. We’ve had a lot of rain. The Cedar Mills boat ramp is even closed due to high water.(feast or famine)! Your St. Augustine grass looks great as well! Stay safe and enjoy your wonderful trip! Jana😊
HEY JANA!!!!! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! We are actually excited to come home and visit with family and friends soon, and sleep in a REGULAR sized bed!!! LOL We heard about the rain and can't believe it! Feast or famine FOR SURE!!! Hope to see you soon!!!
I’ve made all of that trip many times.My cousin lived in Mexico Beach near Port St Joe.I had shrimp boats and shrimped in Mobile Bay and All bays to Appalatchacola bay in Florida.That canal through from Choctawhatchi to west Bay is called the Canyon because of the tall cliffs on each side.always hated meeting a tug with barges because it’s so narrow.I live in Bon Secour near the east bottom of Mobile Bay.Also been to Louisiana and Mississippi sound shrimping.Enjoying you journey and am a new subscriber
Just found your Vlog. We are Texans, who live in the St. Petersburg, Florida area. But we are currently sitting on our new looper boat, Serenity, in Kemah, Texas. Will will be moving Serenity to our Kentucky lake house (on Lake Barkley) in late May / June. Once in Kentucy, we will do side trips until we can officially start the loop in the Fall of 2026. Until then, we will enjoy watching your adventures! Welcome to Florida and safe travels! Donna & Mike
Oh wow, what a small world! How exciting that you have found your loop boat, and in Texas! We loved staying in Kemah, enjoy that part of Texas for sure, and eat as much seafood as you can! 🙂 Safe travels to KY and on your Loop in 2026, you won't regret it - it's been a trip of a lifetime for us! Thanks for watching!
I truly enjoy ya'lls videos. I was born in Herman hospital in Houston i lived all around the Houston area. Webster, clear lake, humble, over. To cypress area. I've lived in five different states now I'm in Wisconsin. I wish fair seas following winds and lots of great memories for the tow of you. Thank you very much for sharing your journey/ adventure.
I am not sure I aspire to the whole GL, but I really like the Gulf legs so far. I think we will try that part next year. I really appreciate the maps and the encouragement to do it. From South Dakota.
Hello South Dakota, and yes the gulf legs can be really fun! The water is not quite as "pretty" as Florida, but we are having a blast and everything so far has been awesome! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to put together such interesting and informational videos! You guys are fun to watch. My husband and I having been watching Great Loop vlogs for several months and there is definitely an art to making good videos. We're starting our boat hunt and planning to do the loop in 2025. In the meantime, we'll be living vicariously! :)
Hi and thank you so much for your kind comments. It's definitely more work than people think to make them, but honestly it gives me something to focus on in my downtime. Good luck on your boat hunt! I hope you find it soon! Thank you for watching! 🙂
We are close! We’re headed to Okeechobee tomorrow! I am sooooo bummed we don’t have time to get down there! 😢 But we’ll see ya at the big 4th get togethers!!!❤
Best Pizza Ever at Joe Mamas in Port St. Joe! And those were Artificial Reef Structures. There are tons of them all along the Panhandle of Florida. Safe Travels BTW we are from Byron, GA and in preparation for our future loop....
Hi there Georgia! YES we loved the pizza there! The whole town of Port St. Joe was AWESOME, we REALLY enjoyed it there! and YES you are right, artificial reef structures! 🙂 Thanks for watching!
We are in Rock Hill, NY. Our 2002 Mainship 390 is at the Roundout Marina in Kingston, NY so you will pass us by. We are planning on leaving on our Loop late May 2025❤
Greetings from Indianapolis. Our flowers are just coming up. Would love to join you, but health will not permit. One thing about going for your dream, if is the wrong decision, at least you know how it turned out. You won't wonder woulda/shoulda/coulda twenty years later. You'll know how it turned out. You'll always regret a decision unmade. Safe travels. This is fun.
The concrete items at 2:45 in the video appear to be concrete artificial reef starters and builders they set in place on the bottom to help grow reefs? We are in Kemah Texas and plan to start our loop to include the Bahamas in October 2026!
Hi Kemah!!! Our home port, love it! YES those are artificial reef structures! They just looked so interesting to me and I had to see if anyone else knew what they were (of course Chris knew! but I didn't!) Thank you for watching and good luck getting ready for your loop! Maybe we'll see ya in Kemah when we return at the end of this year! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Hey there! Kermit is a long way from our hometown, but believe it or not , Chris thinks he's been by there! (He travelled a LOT in college going to and from competitions!) Thanks for watching! :-)
Great videos!! So glad we found your channel and cant wait for the next video!! We are from Benton Kentucky near Kentucky Lake. We would love to meet you both and check out Cool Beans this fall when you all make it to Green Turtle Bay!!! Jason and Tara Ivey
Hi Jason and Tara! YES we will be in GTB this fall for sure! We have some other looper friends we JUST met and we'll see them there too this fall! And we are really looking forward to Kentucky Lake! We hear it's beautiful! Thanks so much for watching! 🙂
How far in advance did you pick your date? Did you already have your Loop boat? If not, did you pick your date before you started looking for your boat or after you had already found it? Denton,TX, hoping to start my Loop in ‘25.
HI DENTON! We lived in Denton for 22 years, raised our kids there, we love it there! To answer your questions - we knew we wanted to loop in 2024 so we started looking for a boat in 2022 and thought we'd have it bought within 6 months - wrong - it took us 1.5 years to find her! And thank goodness we did! Once we found her it was just a matter of getting her loop-ready (she had not looped before so she needed some upgrades). So we really were cutting it close! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Hello! Yes we sure have, and I don't want to add it all up! If we had to do it all again, we'd probably anchor out more! No this was not our plan, we just got in the habit of them. Thanks for watching! :-)
Howdy! We just bought a 40' Carver to eventually do the loop, but next week we start bringing it to Clear Lake from Punta Gorda (near Fort Meyers), will be about 2 weeks underway, looking at the charts I do not see much between New Orleans and Galveston Bay, what apps and sources for information are you using to navigate? Thanks and Gig'em? '91 Spring Tx
Howdy!! Awesome!! We’re right near Ft Myers right now!! We use Navionics and Waterway Guide. If you’d like, email me and I can send you our stops (I have a spreadsheet!) coolbeansloop2024@gmail.com Gig ‘em!!!!!!!👍🏼 Lisa 88 & Chris 89
Ahoy from Northern Michigan! We have no plans to ever to the Loop on our boat, but we’ve made the trip vicariously about 12 times by watching UA-cam Loopers. 😂 Most of them have already crossed their wakes, so I’ve been looking for new boats to follow, and am happy to have found yours. BTW, it would be great to see a tour of your boat soon!
Hi there! Thanks for watching! and YES we are definitely going to film a tour of Cool Beans - will probably post it while we go home this summer! 🙂
Hello Chris and Lisa! I’m loving the videos! Trying to catch up! You guys are seeing such beautiful sights, you’re not going to want to come back to Texoma! Your place is looking fine. We’ve had a lot of rain. The Cedar Mills boat ramp is even closed due to high water.(feast or famine)! Your St. Augustine grass looks great as well!
Stay safe and enjoy your wonderful trip! Jana😊
HEY JANA!!!!! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! We are actually excited to come home and visit with family and friends soon, and sleep in a REGULAR sized bed!!! LOL We heard about the rain and can't believe it! Feast or famine FOR SURE!!! Hope to see you soon!!!
I’ve made all of that trip many times.My cousin lived in Mexico Beach near Port St Joe.I had shrimp boats and shrimped in Mobile Bay and All bays to Appalatchacola bay in Florida.That canal through from Choctawhatchi to west Bay is called the Canyon because of the tall cliffs on each side.always hated meeting a tug with barges because it’s so narrow.I live in Bon Secour near the east bottom of Mobile Bay.Also been to Louisiana and Mississippi sound shrimping.Enjoying you journey and am a new subscriber
It's neat that you have seen all of that too, it's a beautiful part of our country! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Watching from Nebraska
Awesome, thanks for watching! 🙂
Just found your Vlog. We are Texans, who live in the St. Petersburg, Florida area. But we are currently sitting on our new looper boat, Serenity, in Kemah, Texas. Will will be moving Serenity to our Kentucky lake house (on Lake Barkley) in late May / June. Once in Kentucy, we will do side trips until we can officially start the loop in the Fall of 2026. Until then, we will enjoy watching your adventures! Welcome to Florida and safe travels! Donna & Mike
Oh wow, what a small world! How exciting that you have found your loop boat, and in Texas! We loved staying in Kemah, enjoy that part of Texas for sure, and eat as much seafood as you can! 🙂 Safe travels to KY and on your Loop in 2026, you won't regret it - it's been a trip of a lifetime for us! Thanks for watching!
I was sad that the video of Capt Chris playing sand volleyball did not make the reel!
Looks like a blast!
Craig - Sonora, Ar.
Haha, even if Chris played sand volleyball he would not have wanted that memorialized for the world to see! 🙂 Thanks for watching Craig!
I truly enjoy ya'lls videos. I was born in Herman hospital in Houston i lived all around the Houston area. Webster, clear lake, humble, over. To cypress area. I've lived in five different states now I'm in Wisconsin. I wish fair seas following winds and lots of great memories for the tow of you. Thank you very much for sharing your journey/ adventure.
That is really kind, thank you so very much! and thank you so much for watching! 🙂
Love the pick a date advise, August 1st it shall be, leaving 1000Islands (Canada) perhaps we’ll cross paths along the way.
That is FABULOUS! August first sounds like the perfect date! We'll be up that way; you never know! Thanks for watching! 🙂
I am not sure I aspire to the whole GL, but I really like the Gulf legs so far. I think we will try that part next year. I really appreciate the maps and the encouragement to do it. From South Dakota.
Hello South Dakota, and yes the gulf legs can be really fun! The water is not quite as "pretty" as Florida, but we are having a blast and everything so far has been awesome! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Love your vide
Im Marc Roberts from Charlotte NC
Thank you so much Marc! We appreciate you watching! 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to put together such interesting and informational videos! You guys are fun to watch. My husband and I having been watching Great Loop vlogs for several months and there is definitely an art to making good videos. We're starting our boat hunt and planning to do the loop in 2025. In the meantime, we'll be living vicariously! :)
And we're from Central Florida
Hi and thank you so much for your kind comments. It's definitely more work than people think to make them, but honestly it gives me something to focus on in my downtime. Good luck on your boat hunt! I hope you find it soon! Thank you for watching! 🙂
You are so close we are down in the keys now! Absolutely love watching the videos.
We are close! We’re headed to Okeechobee tomorrow! I am sooooo bummed we don’t have time to get down there! 😢 But we’ll see ya at the big 4th get togethers!!!❤
Really liking the channel. Thanks for sharing.. watching from Goliad dreaming about the loop one day.
Hello Goliad, thank you so much for your kind words! We're glad you are watching! 🙂
Best Pizza Ever at Joe Mamas in Port St. Joe! And those were Artificial Reef Structures. There are tons of them all along the Panhandle of Florida. Safe Travels BTW we are from Byron, GA and in preparation for our future loop....
Hi there Georgia! YES we loved the pizza there! The whole town of Port St. Joe was AWESOME, we REALLY enjoyed it there! and YES you are right, artificial reef structures! 🙂 Thanks for watching!
Love your videos. I am in NE Arkansas about 100 miles from Kentucky lake were I hope to start my loop Oct 25
Awesome! We hope to be on Kentucky Lake during our Loop! We hear it's beautiful! Thanks for watching! 🙂
We are in Rock Hill, NY.
Our 2002 Mainship 390 is at the Roundout Marina in Kingston, NY so you will pass us by.
We are planning on leaving on our Loop late May 2025❤
Hi Lesli! Yes we will pass you by! Do you have any good marina recommendations anywhere between you and Albany? Thanks for watching! 🙂
Greetings from Indianapolis. Our flowers are just coming up. Would love to join you, but health will not permit.
One thing about going for your dream, if is the wrong decision, at least you know how it turned out. You won't wonder woulda/shoulda/coulda twenty years later. You'll know how it turned out. You'll always regret a decision unmade.
Safe travels. This is fun.
Hi Indianapolis! You are SO CORRECT. That is why we are doing it - we didn't want to wait to live out a dream! Thank you for watching! 🙂
The concrete items at 2:45 in the video appear to be concrete artificial reef starters and builders they set in place on the bottom to help grow reefs? We are in Kemah Texas and plan to start our loop to include the Bahamas in October 2026!
Hi Kemah!!! Our home port, love it! YES those are artificial reef structures! They just looked so interesting to me and I had to see if anyone else knew what they were (of course Chris knew! but I didn't!) Thank you for watching and good luck getting ready for your loop! Maybe we'll see ya in Kemah when we return at the end of this year! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Great video! looking forward to living vicariously thru y'all !!
Thank you so much! We're glad you are watching! 🙂
Lewistown, IL 8 miles from Havana where you anchored in your IL river episodes
Very nice, we enjoyed that area immensely! Thanks for watching! :-)
From East Central Indiana
Awesome! thanks for watching! 🙂
Watching from Kermit tx !
Hey there! Kermit is a long way from our hometown, but believe it or not , Chris thinks he's been by there! (He travelled a LOT in college going to and from competitions!) Thanks for watching! :-)
The cement triangle cones are artificial reef structures for offshore. I am in Myrtle Beach, SC and SCDNR does that same thing here.
Yes, those reef structures are cool!
Great videos!! So glad we found your channel and cant wait for the next video!! We are from Benton Kentucky near Kentucky Lake. We would love to meet you both and check out Cool Beans this fall when you all make it to Green Turtle Bay!!! Jason and Tara Ivey
Hi Jason and Tara! YES we will be in GTB this fall for sure! We have some other looper friends we JUST met and we'll see them there too this fall! And we are really looking forward to Kentucky Lake! We hear it's beautiful! Thanks so much for watching! 🙂
Love it!!!
Thanks Lesli!
The concrete triangle structures I believe are artificial reefs.
Hello, that is correct! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Try Listen to Jesse Rice!
Will do!
Bastrop, TX....February 14, 2026 is my date.
That's awesome! That was our date this year! Glad you set the date, stick with it!
Curious why a continuous cruise across the water is preferred over splitting it up over two days?
Good question! Mainly because the ICW stops in Carrabelle and picks back up in Tarpon Springs! Thanks for watching!!😊
How far in advance did you pick your date? Did you already have your Loop boat? If not, did you pick your date before you started looking for your boat or after you had already found it?
Denton,TX, hoping to start my Loop in ‘25.
HI DENTON! We lived in Denton for 22 years, raised our kids there, we love it there! To answer your questions - we knew we wanted to loop in 2024 so we started looking for a boat in 2022 and thought we'd have it bought within 6 months - wrong - it took us 1.5 years to find her! And thank goodness we did! Once we found her it was just a matter of getting her loop-ready (she had not looped before so she needed some upgrades). So we really were cutting it close! Thanks for watching! 🙂
You stayed at quite a few marinas. What was the cost , and was this always part of your plan?
Hello! Yes we sure have, and I don't want to add it all up! If we had to do it all again, we'd probably anchor out more! No this was not our plan, we just got in the habit of them. Thanks for watching! :-)
Beechgrove Tn.
Awesome! Thanks for watching! :-)
Howdy! We just bought a 40' Carver to eventually do the loop, but next week we start bringing it to Clear Lake from Punta Gorda (near Fort Meyers), will be about 2 weeks underway, looking at the charts I do not see much between New Orleans and Galveston Bay, what apps and sources for information are you using to navigate? Thanks and Gig'em? '91 Spring Tx
Howdy!! Awesome!! We’re right near Ft Myers right now!! We use Navionics and Waterway Guide. If you’d like, email me and I can send you our stops (I have a spreadsheet!)
coolbeansloop2024@gmail.com
Gig ‘em!!!!!!!👍🏼 Lisa 88 & Chris 89
Thanks, sending email now!