I love seeing you guys enjoy the boat like it should be. Don't be afraid to open her up more often!! I would open our 341 up all the time, and she always ran great. It kept the growth off the bottom paint too!
Great summation Bridget. I am sure that a month from now you won't remember the storms or sleepless nights, but you will never forget the adventure. Thanks for bringing us along!
What a great series you guys. I can attest that "vacation" is not the right term for a trip like this. I've always called it an "adventure". More stressful than vacation, too gratifying to call work.
WOW!! Love the videos!! You guys inspire me. I live in Iowa and watch your channel all the time. We have a home in PGI and we had a 35ft Sea Ray that we lost to Milton. We are currently looking at a 350 Realm and we want to go and what you do. Thank you for showing us all of the restaurants, sandbars, islands.....etc. You guys are awesome!!
Hi Tom and Brigit thanks for the great videos of your trip. no one else puts out videos like these. watched every one and was enlightened each and every episode. Brigit is 100% correct that Tom is a great Captain. stay safe both of you thanks alk in Michigan
Whew!! What a trip. Thank You for taking us along. Glad you brought Matey along, and I know he wanted to be with you guys. That was fun, just like the trip down from NY with your brother. Bet Matey was happy to run in his yard. How much booze was drank?
Good morning. You can use the beach on the south side of lovers key. We use it every week. They Hyatt has exclusive rights to a small portion of that island.
Congratulations! Well done! We did a long trip in our boat also. We absolutely loved it, but you're right, it's not a vacation. You really need to embrace the challenges. That's why it's called Adventures of Happy Ours not Vacations of Happy Ours.😀
What a fantastic series! It's been amazing following every nautical mile of your fantastic bucket list journey! Many, many congrats, Team Happy Hours, Tom, Bridget and Matey, you legends...👏👏👏 Looking forward to your further adventures 🤙🤙
If I were you, I wouldn't say that you aren't likely to make a trip like that again. Being in the merchant marine for years, I often thought the trips were stressful, but after three weeks ashore I was looking forward to another adventure.
Congratulations on completing your loop. Y'all did an amazing job. Thank you for taking us all along. Can't wait for the wrap-up video.. Hope you do a live video. I also gotta give Bridget a shout out for taking the helm. My wife drives the boat and all of the other women at the marina are amazed. It's great to see that Bridget was watching how you do things and isn't just tossing her hands up, saying this isn't something for me. Eventually, she'll need a shirt that says "I am the captain now!". :). C & G.
Good video series. and a wonderful trip. I like that you didn't hide the days you were grumpy. things that are out of your control can make you grumpy and everyone gets that way. but it was a great adventure and I know you too appreciate it. Bridgette's summery at the end is a testament to how much you do appreciate it. maybe the video editing added to the stress levels you were talking about. you must feel like you have deadlines to meet when you are shooting on a vacation. you could always shoot the film while you're on vacation and on a trip and do the editing when you get home. release it as a mini series as for the next trip. I agree with you 100% no reason to do the loop again you did it it's done. you got the gulf side, you can shoot down to the keys easy enough. you could take a trip out to the dry tortugas. and how about the Bahamas??? 😁
Thank you for the first class tour of the loop! I don't think I missed an episode. Thanks to you I've seen parts of Florida I'll never see by any other means. A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you both and I'll look forward to more Adventures of Happy Hours.
Awesome trip Tom,Bridge,Matey!! I followed every minute,and stuff not on the trip!!! Waiting for next excursion!!! It was a lot of stuff gone wrong,from Moore Haven it was on!! The mechanical issues n stuff. I know the feeling of turning on your home street after a long time away!! It's like..... ahhh
We did a bucket list boat trip 5 years ago from Cincinnati to Nashville by river. 768 miles in 8 days. 27 ft cruiser with cruise speed was 28-32 mph. Then recently I started to hear about the Florida mini-loop and got interested. Low and behold, Happy Ours starts a video series on the trip I was starting to design. I have enjoyed the series and I have learned some cautions from your experiences. We would do it in a smaller, faster cruiser (similar to our other boat)and plan to stay in marinas most nights. Are there enough marinas on the route you took to allow such a trip? Range of up to 100 miles per day, preferred 50-75 miles per day. Thanks again for the work it took to bring us along.
اااااعن ابن عمرَ رضي اللَّهُ عنهما: أَن رسولَ اللَّه ﷺ قَالَ: المسلمُ أَخو المسلم، لا يَظلِمُه، ولا يُسْلِمُهُ، ومَنْ كَانَ فِي حاجةِ أَخِيهِ كانَ اللَّهُ فِي حاجتِهِ، ومَنْ فَرَّجَ عَنْ مُسلمٍ كُرْبةً فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بها كُرْبةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يوم القيامةِ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلمًا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ يَومَ الْقِيامَةِ مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ. وقال النبيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ نَفَّس عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبةً منْ كُرب الدُّنْيا نفَّس اللَّه عنْه كُرْبةً منْ كُرَب يومِ الْقِيامَةِ، ومَنْ يسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسرٍ يسَّرَ اللَّه عليْهِ في الدُّنْيَا والآخِرةِ، ِ، واللَّه فِي عَوْنِ العبْدِ مَا كانَ العبْدُ في عَوْن أَخيهِ،} أحنا اخواتك تمر ايامنا وليالينا واحنا لانملك شي اين القلوب الراحمه ضااااق حالنا وضااااااق بنا الحال والله ما كتبت هذا الكلام الا من الضيق وقسوت الضروف اني طالبه من الله ثم منك لاتردني خايبه يا اخي احنا نساء ما نقدر نخرج نشتغل مثل الرجال ربي اكرمكم انكم رجال احنا نساء ما بنقدر نخرج ولا نشتغل مثلكم اخي وين الانسانيه اين الاخوه الايمانيه في قلوبكم''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه من اليمن نازحين من انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 ريال يمني مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967774926188 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خيرا؛؛؛؛؛،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،، ،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،
I love seeing you guys enjoy the boat like it should be. Don't be afraid to open her up more often!! I would open our 341 up all the time, and she always ran great. It kept the growth off the bottom paint too!
Great summation Bridget. I am sure that a month from now you won't remember the storms or sleepless nights, but you will never forget the adventure. Thanks for bringing us along!
You are right!
I'm just so proud of yawll too! What a great accomplishment!
What a great series you guys. I can attest that "vacation" is not the right term for a trip like this. I've always called it an "adventure". More stressful than vacation, too gratifying to call work.
Spot on! Thank you for following our “adventures”!
Great video, talks for taking us along! I boat the East End of Long Island and often think of your waters!
This is the time of the year I wish I lived in Florida. It’s miserable here
WOW!! Love the videos!! You guys inspire me. I live in Iowa and watch your channel all the time. We have a home in PGI and we had a 35ft Sea Ray that we lost to Milton. We are currently looking at a 350 Realm and we want to go and what you do. Thank you for showing us all of the restaurants, sandbars, islands.....etc. You guys are awesome!!
Sorry to hear about boat. PGI got hit bad with Milton. Good luck on finding your next one!
in my world, there's boating, sailing, SCUBA diving, music, then there's everything else.
34 days of the best ever!! Thanks for the ride!
Amazing trip guys. Hopefully my wife and I can do the loop someday.
We really enjoyed this trip. Thank you for all the work putting together the videos.
Hi Tom and Brigit thanks for the great videos of your trip. no one else puts out videos like these. watched every one and was enlightened each and every episode. Brigit is 100% correct that Tom is a great Captain. stay safe both of you thanks alk in Michigan
Boating is a labor of love. Thanks for taking us along on your trip and for taking the time to edit and post these videos.
Whew!! What a trip. Thank You for taking us along. Glad you brought Matey along, and I know he wanted to be with you guys. That was fun, just like the trip down from NY with your brother. Bet Matey was happy to run in his yard. How much booze was drank?
Didn’t track the booze consumption but enough! Lol
Wonderful trip and series of videos! We are glad that you’re home safely!
Happy Ours certainly is a beautiful boat!
It’s always good to open her up every now and then helps clean the deposit in the motor out happy new years to y’all
That was.COOL UPLOAD, surprised you didn't encounter more boats on the ICW... happy holidays
Good morning. You can use the beach on the south side of lovers key. We use it every week. They Hyatt has exclusive rights to a small portion of that island.
Even with the hiccups it looked like a great trip!
Great trip!
Congratulations! Well done! We did a long trip in our boat also. We absolutely loved it, but you're right, it's not a vacation. You really need to embrace the challenges. That's why it's called Adventures of Happy Ours not Vacations of Happy Ours.😀
What a fantastic series! It's been amazing following every nautical mile of your fantastic bucket list journey!
Many, many congrats, Team Happy Hours, Tom, Bridget and Matey, you legends...👏👏👏
Looking forward to your further adventures 🤙🤙
Awesome video, memories for a life time.
Great job guys.
Tom,do a Nova Scotia run, that'd be AWESOME 👍!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR .... HAPPY OURS!!!
Thank you! That’s a looong trip!
Great trip. It’s one I want to do when I get down there. Thanks for sharing.
If I were you, I wouldn't say that you aren't likely to make a trip like that again. Being in the merchant marine for years, I often thought the trips were stressful, but after three weeks ashore I was looking forward to another adventure.
1000% right! After you get to take a breather, it wasn’t all that bad! We can’t wait for our next trip.
nice job captain,,,, thanks for the ride along
Looks like a lot of fun and new adventures in the future I bet.
Glad you all had a good time out there I watched every video that you put out there
Welcome Home! T&B Blessings George
Thanks George! Angels certainly walked with us!
Congratulations on a great journey…thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Congratulations on completing your loop. Y'all did an amazing job. Thank you for taking us all along. Can't wait for the wrap-up video.. Hope you do a live video. I also gotta give Bridget a shout out for taking the helm. My wife drives the boat and all of the other women at the marina are amazed. It's great to see that Bridget was watching how you do things and isn't just tossing her hands up, saying this isn't something for me. Eventually, she'll need a shirt that says "I am the captain now!". :). C & G.
lol. That’s a great idea for a shirt!
You guys have put this on my bucket list. Thanks for the great vids.
Good video series. and a wonderful trip. I like that you didn't hide the days you were grumpy. things that are out of your control can make you grumpy and everyone gets that way. but it was a great adventure and I know you too appreciate it. Bridgette's summery at the end is a testament to how much you do appreciate it.
maybe the video editing added to the stress levels you were talking about. you must feel like you have deadlines to meet when you are shooting on a vacation. you could always shoot the film while you're on vacation and on a trip and do the editing when you get home. release it as a mini series
as for the next trip. I agree with you 100% no reason to do the loop again you did it it's done. you got the gulf side, you can shoot down to the keys easy enough. you could take a trip out to the dry tortugas. and how about the Bahamas??? 😁
Thank you! All of that is on the radar!
GREAT GREAT series! Thanks so much for sharing!!
That was awesome. I actually looked forward to each episode. Great job guys!!!!
Thank you for the first class tour of the loop! I don't think I missed an episode. Thanks to you I've seen parts of Florida I'll never see by any other means. A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you both and I'll look forward to more Adventures of Happy Hours.
Awesome trip Tom,Bridge,Matey!! I followed every minute,and stuff not on the trip!!! Waiting for next excursion!!! It was a lot of stuff gone wrong,from Moore Haven it was on!! The mechanical issues n stuff. I know the feeling of turning on your home street after a long time away!! It's like..... ahhh
thank you...enjoy your relaxation at your home...!....
Awesome series guys. Our home port is down in Goodland, Safe Harbor.
Big fan of Goodland. Was considering visiting this weekend but weather turning. My buddy is the Dockmaster at Crabby Lady.
Great trip you guys! What's next? The Great Loop?
Gulf coast trips then the southern keys and Bahamas!
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Great trip guys really enjoyed it
Geeez I lernt something…reeling in the anchor can turn into a mess. Glad ya enjoyed the trip.
There’s Noplace Like Home👍👍
Strong work Captain! Great story. Do you use your spotlight very often…..I couldn't remember you ever using it on video?
Good trip at least for us the viewers. Bahamas next!
We did a bucket list boat trip 5 years ago from Cincinnati to Nashville by river. 768 miles in 8 days. 27 ft cruiser with cruise speed was 28-32 mph. Then recently I started to hear about the Florida mini-loop and got interested. Low and behold, Happy Ours starts a video series on the trip I was starting to design. I have enjoyed the series and I have learned some cautions from your experiences. We would do it in a smaller, faster cruiser (similar to our other boat)and plan to stay in marinas most nights. Are there enough marinas on the route you took to allow such a trip? Range of up to 100 miles per day, preferred 50-75 miles per day. Thanks again for the work it took to bring us along.
Plenty of marinas along the way. We chose to anchor more than we should have.
nice
Did not realize you did not go down around to Key West.
Next trip.
Oops I meant "Adventures of Happy Ours" in my last comment.
Are you still selling the boat hope not
Yes we are! Big news coming!
اااااعن ابن عمرَ رضي اللَّهُ عنهما: أَن رسولَ اللَّه ﷺ قَالَ: المسلمُ أَخو المسلم، لا يَظلِمُه، ولا يُسْلِمُهُ، ومَنْ كَانَ فِي حاجةِ أَخِيهِ كانَ اللَّهُ فِي حاجتِهِ، ومَنْ فَرَّجَ عَنْ مُسلمٍ كُرْبةً فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بها كُرْبةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يوم القيامةِ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلمًا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ يَومَ الْقِيامَةِ مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ.
وقال النبيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ نَفَّس عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبةً منْ كُرب الدُّنْيا نفَّس اللَّه عنْه كُرْبةً منْ كُرَب يومِ الْقِيامَةِ، ومَنْ يسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسرٍ يسَّرَ اللَّه عليْهِ في الدُّنْيَا والآخِرةِ، ِ، واللَّه فِي عَوْنِ العبْدِ مَا كانَ العبْدُ في عَوْن أَخيهِ،} أحنا اخواتك تمر ايامنا وليالينا واحنا لانملك شي اين القلوب الراحمه ضااااق حالنا وضااااااق بنا الحال والله ما كتبت هذا الكلام الا من الضيق وقسوت الضروف اني طالبه من الله ثم منك لاتردني خايبه يا اخي احنا نساء ما نقدر نخرج نشتغل مثل الرجال ربي اكرمكم انكم رجال احنا نساء ما بنقدر نخرج ولا نشتغل مثلكم اخي وين الانسانيه اين الاخوه الايمانيه في قلوبكم''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه من اليمن نازحين من انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 ريال يمني مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967774926188 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خيرا؛؛؛؛؛،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،، ،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،
I bet you enjoy a Hot shower and shave after the chores we’re done. Enjoyed all the videos