Blog Posts

Episode 4: Family Time Up North

We settle into life onboard Lutz Getaway in Boyne City, where Jeff replaces a leaky hose, we have coffee (it’s within walking distance) and we have family fun out on the water. We get things sorted out for our big adventure… Music used: Story Blocks...

Episode 3…Going North to Start the Loop!

We take the first long trip with the boat. We travel north to Boyne City to see family and friends before we start our Loop adventure. The start was a little rough at the dock ( we didn’t get that on camera), but turned out to be a good day...

Episode 2…Trawler School…Last Week of July

Here’s our time at Trawler school in Traverse City…

Episode 1? Here’s an Explainer on the Last 4-ish Years…10/07/2025

Hi All! Well, after all of the start and stops with the video shooting and editing for the YouTube channel (mostly due to my work), Here’s the first official episode! We are planning on getting videos out by Friday of each week. The next video will...

Trial Run out to Lake Michigan

We finally got to take our new boat out for a little bit longer run into Lake Michigan. Watch our short video here: Subscribe, like and follow to see all our upcoming adventures! We will be going north to Lake Charlevoix soon, and our plan is to...

Coffee and a Weather Map with Jeff…05/05/2025

Let me re-introduce myself…I’m Jeff of Lutz Getaway. I am now a RETIRED meteorologist with the NWS. While we try to figure out what is going on with my website, and I get some more equipment for my streaming/recording, I’ll post my weather things...

Finally a Beach Day!…08/06/2024

We finally got a beach day. Between the tropical storms, travelling north, and maintenance on my truck we haven’t been able to escape until yesterday. Here are some shots of Natural Beach (Beach Access Road 6) in Nueces County (Corpus...

Killian Turns One!

Last month, we went to New Hampshire and saw Kaleb, Lexie, and Killian. Killian turned one!

Getting caught up…02/26/2024

Mary is doing a 40 miles in a month challenge. She walks here at the RV Park, but if I don’t have to work, and our schedule works, then we go to the beach and walk, here are two beach walks…

Beach Days 02/20/2024

Here is a quick refresher on what’s been happening…