Brennan and Hannah are both active, outdoor types, and since they weren’t with us for long, we thought visiting our new-found local attraction, Mount Charleston, would be in order. The three-digit temps in Las Vegas also contributed to our choice of destinations.
Read MoreThe Paiutes called it Nuvagantu, “where snow sits”. In the winter, it’s the place to go skiing in Las Vegas. In summer, we call it a welcome respite from the Mojave Desert’s relentless heat… Mount Charleston. At 11,916 feet (3,632m), it is the highest mountain in southern Nevada’s Spring Mountains and the fourth highest mountain in the state. Snow-covered for six months of the year or more, it looms over the Las Vegas Valley as a prominent feature of the western horizon, visible from the Strip and, on clear days, our front yard.
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.
