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

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Elliot Schoenfeld and Jennifer Johnson, both 33, who lived on a boat for a year while traveling the Great American Loop. The two are now living in ...

The Bettendorf natives recently completed America’s Great Loop, a roughly 6,000-mile boating route that circles the eastern ...

A Pender County couple completed a nearly year-long boat cruise of the eastern U.S. and part of Canada. The couple covered over 6,300 miles and visited 19 states and two Canadian provinces. Despite ...