Day 9 - The Hardest Day - Ponte de Lima to Rubiães
/We were prepared for the steep ascent. We’d read about it and David had downloaded an altitude profile, but actually walking it was far more difficult than anticipating it.
Read MoreWe were prepared for the steep ascent. We’d read about it and David had downloaded an altitude profile, but actually walking it was far more difficult than anticipating it.
Read MoreWe left Dodge City, Kansas, and zipped down US-54. We made it just about 40 miles when we saw a sign in downtown Meade, Kansas: Dalton Gang Hideout. Uh-oh… detour.
Read MoreAs we headed east on our US-6 adventure a month ago, we passed Boys' Town, just west of Omaha, Nebraska. The sign flashed by, and I immediately googled Boys' Town to learn more about it. I’d watched the 1938 Academy Award-winning movie ‘Boys' Town’ with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney many years ago, but I guess I never really thought about the ‘real’ place.
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.