At long last, it's time to return to the upfit of Blue. We plan to leave for our first trip on May 1st – a mere 4weeks away - so we've pared the list of projects down to those that are essential and/or which can be completed in the remaining time. We've decided that as long as we have a reasonably comfortable bed in Blue, we could get by initially, if need be, with camping gear and public toilets.
Read MoreAn option that is available on Ford Transits is a panel of four auxiliary switches. We're not sure whether Blue's original parents ordered the van configured the way they wanted it or whether it was just purchased off the lot, but either way, Blue has the optional switches installed. So far, I only have plans for one of the switches – controlling the right sideview camera that will hopefully give us a little better visibility when we're trying to back out of a parking space.
Read MoreOur Ford Transit didn't come with a GPS. We do need one, however, and on our initial travels, we used a smart phone as our GPS. Our iPhone works reasonably well, but the display is small, and the ambient road noise sometimes overwhelms the voice commands when we're at highway speeds. Since we plan to be traveling a lot over the next few years, we wanted something better. Here's how we chose it.
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.
