Jarbidge got its start when gold was discovered nearby, and it is still a gold mining town. Gold miners are a rough lot, and the old gold rush towns could be pretty rowdy. When we were there, we learned that the town was the site of the last stage robbery in the United States. This is the story…
Read MoreOur son, Brennan, is our own personal Atlas Obscura and major purveyor of arcane geographical information and out of the way places to visit. He’s traveled to Borneo and Berlin, Gabon, Lesotho and Boise and he offers some of the most interesting options for travel destinations... like Jarbidge, Nevada, for instance. It’s the most remote mining town in Nevada... some say in the lower 48 states. It’s not a casual ride or an accidental destination, but it’s worth the effort to get there.
Read MoreWe found it necessary to interrupt our delightful road trip through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Blue’s registration expired yesterday, and we had to make a 1000+ mile detour to Nevada to renew 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.
