After four years of exploring the coast on solid ground, we hopped aboard La Cruz, Spanish for “The Cross,” and viewed Wrightsville Beach from a Norman Cross Trimaran that EJ, Marisa, and Kevin (the pug) are lucky to call home.

Our two-hour private cruise was luxuriously relaxing, and an idyllic escape from our usual routine—it felt like an afternoon staycation. While I could gush about our experience aboard La Cruz, our host’s story is even more extraordinary: We sat down with Marissa to hear all about how she and EJ started their new journey.

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