The Bettendorf natives recently completed America’s Great Loop, a roughly 6,000-mile boating route that circles the eastern United States through the Great Lakes, inland rivers and the Intracoastal ...

Evan and Karly Nietzel both grew up on the muddy banks of the Mississippi River in Bettendorf. Fishing, water skiing, tubing, ...

Jib and Teresa Davidson navigate their way out of Port 32 Marina in Jacksonville during a trip in April. The couple are among the hundreds of boaters who have completed the Great Loop in recent years.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MANITOWOC, Wis. – Back on Sept. 2, 2021, Jill and James Iverson locked up their home, walked down the street to the Manitowoc ...

SISTER BAY - Amy and Scott Heidler have enjoyed taking their boat out on the water for cruises for pretty much all of the 35 years they've been married. But while they've taken their boat on what some ...

Opportunities to go on the adventure of a lifetime may be few and far between, but for Costa Mesa residents and boating enthusiasts Dan Salazar and Ann Johnson, an epic journey is just a boat ride ...

DULUTH — Buying a big boat and taking a 6,000-mile trip over two years wasn’t the kind of adventure that Kay Libby initially had in mind for retirement, at least not until COVID-19 hit. “Then I ...

Kay and Greg Libby spent two summers circling the eastern half of the U.S. on their boat, Superior Passage. Kay and Greg Libby on the aft deck of their trawler, Superior Passage, docked at Drummond ...

Jill and James Iverson, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, completed America’s Great Loop. The trip is a more than 6,000-mile loop around the United States and Canada. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” ...

KNIFE RIVER, Minn. — Cross one adventure off Kay and Greg Libby’s bucket list. They are officially “Loopers” now. You might recall the retired Duluth-area couple the News Tribune wrote about in March ...