We started our day by sleeping in and it felt glorious… no early wake-ups, no bicycling today, no aching butts. Burntcoat (aka Burncoat) Head Park on the Minas Basin in the little town of Noel on Fundy’s southeast coast seemed like a good place to begin.
Read MoreAt Issac’s Harbour, we had a surprise. We hadn’t noted on the map that this was a ferry crossing. The cable ferry M/V Theodore O’Hara runs every half hour between 7am-6pm, then on demand. We could see the ferry on the opposite side of the harbor… a stone’s throw away. We waited about 10 minutes and sure enough, the ferry docked and we boarded for the 5-minute ride to the opposite shore.
Read MoreWe were definitely in Nova Scotia (New Scotland). Many of the signs are in English and Gaelic along with a céad míle fáilte (pronounced kayd milla fawlcha - a hundred thousand welcomes) or two to emphasize the point. In 1621 King James VI of Scotland (King James I of England) granted Sir William Alexander all the land between current day New England and Newfoundland. Quite the chunk of real estate which most assuredly warranted the territory be named after his homeland.
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.
