When William Least Heat-Moon Heat wrote ‘Blue Highways: A Journey into America’ in 1979, he coined the term ‘blue highways’ because secondary highways on the old paper road maps were always printed in the blue. On the return from our holiday East Coast trip, Brennan suggested driving a ‘blue highway’ and since we relish road trips. but definitely dislike traveling on major interstates unless necessary, we opted to take his suggestion.
Read MoreOur original plan was to continue south from Banff to Waterton Lakes National Park. As usual, we got a little sidetracked. I ran across a reference to the World’s Largest Dinosaur… in Drumheller about 160 miles east of Banff via Calgary. How could we pass up such an opportunity?
Read MoreOf all the cities and towns we visited in Alaska, we’d rate Fairbanks right up there with the best. Dubbed the ‘Golden Heart of the Interior’, it’s a lovely city. We began ticking off the items on our ‘to see and do’ list as soon as the chores were done.
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.
