Cannon Beach got its name from a cannon found after it had washed overboard, but its claim to fame is Haystack Rock, a 235’ sea stack that pokes up out of the water just off the beach. In fact, at low tide you can walk to it. Itis the “3rd largest intertidal monolith in the world.”
Read MoreThough Longfellow was describing Acadia in his famous poem, the Redwoods National & State Parks contain primeval forest… 39,000 acres of old-growth redwoods that were growing before any recorded history. A walk among these ancient trees is mind-boggling. Long before Europeans ever stepped foot on this continent, these trees were growing and thriving here. We could see, smell, and touch these millennia-old living things. How humbling.
Read MoreIn Orick, we stopped briefly at the Redwoods National & State Parks Visitor Center Headquarters to get acquainted with the park and its facilities. The national park and three California state parks have joint responsibility for protection of the redwood forests in this area. In 1980, UNESCO designated the parks as a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve. Our national parks pass gets us into all the parks including the three associated state parks for free and also allows us reduced camping fees (50% off).
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.
