Now that we’ve had a few days to relax and think about our recent cycle trek, we’ve come up with some thought and highlights of our trip. We’ve broken them down into the two separate sections that we rode: the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath (C&O). I’ve also included some stats at the end.
Read MoreWe’re back in Ontario Canada again. If you’ll remember, the western section of The Great Northern Auto route, US-2, ended abruptly in St. Ignace Michigan. The Great Lakes got in the way. The eastern section of US-2 resumes in upstate New York and the quickest, most interesting way to get there is through Ontario. So here we are again in Ontario… déjà vu all over again.
Read MoreWe finally made our way into the Shipwreck Museum. The story of the Edmund Fitzgerald was front and center as we entered the museum. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975. The entire crew of 29 men were lost.
The original bell is now displayed at the entrance of the museum. Gordon Lightfoot’s The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was playing in the background and the song haunted us for the rest of the day.
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
