Bick shares the details of his 5 years of planning and 18 weeks of journeying with his wife aboard their 36-foot aft-cabin motor yacht Nittany Navy.The cruise took Bick and Jeri through several of the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi,across the Gulf of Mexico,up the coast of Florida, north through the Intercoastal Waterway,up the Jersey Shore,and finally back to home port in Avalon, New Jersey.Bick s experiences provide invaluable planning and cruising information for anyone considering this voyage.