We’ve driven this road twice before and on a gorgeous day like today, we still consider it one of the most beautiful sights in the world. The extremely thin slip of land that juts out into Kachemak Bay is known as ‘The Spit’, the abrupt terminus of the Sterling Highway. According to several sources, “the Spit features the longest road (4.5 miles) into ocean waters in the entire world”.
Read MoreIt lasted only a minute or two and we never knew when or where it would occur again, but the seabirds all knew. When we saw them circling and the water began to roil, we focused on that area and sure enough another bubble-netting event would occur.
Read MoreWe celebrated the 4th of July in Whittier, another small coastal town situated at the end of a deep fjord and dubbed the “Gateway to Prince William Sound”, that’s difficult to access. The town is a stop on the Alaska Marine Highway (the ferry) route and some cruise ships, as well as the Alaska Railroad or alternately accessible via the 2.5 mile long Whittier Tunnel (Anton-Anderson Memorial Tunnel) bored through a mountain. This tunnel is the longest highway tunnel and the longest combined highway/railroad tunnel in North America.
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.
