We’d never visited Lake Louise before so we weren’t quite ready for the absolute awe we felt when we first saw the lake… brilliant blue-green and crystal clear with a backdrop of mountains. We were gobsmacked. We snapped photo after photo from all different vantage points. It was beautiful no matter how you looked at it.
Read MoreJust before sunrise, we headed to the Athabasca Glacier to walk the 1-mile Toe of the Athabasca Glacier Trail. It was 27F (-3C) when we headed out and we bundled up to brave the morning cold. It was a steep, short-of-breath climb up a gravel and rock trail, but worth the effort.
Read MoreOur goal for the day was Jasper National Park. We left Hinton early. We were really looking forward to Jasper and happily hung our park passes in the front windshield. We were a bit disappointed when heavy smoke and haze prevented us from seeing the beautiful scenery. We were sure there were mountains out there, but we weren’t quite sure where they were.
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.
