Tombstone, Arizona is the epitome of the Old Wild West. Just the town’s name conjures up visions of gunfights over mining claims, rustlers, thieves, lawlessness and of course, the Earps and Doc Holiday versus the Clanton gang at the OK Coral. We’d never visited the town and since we were in the neighborhood, we figured it was high time to check it out.
Read MoreI don’t think we’ve ever heard of Benson, Arizona before or, if we have, it was an unremarkable pass-through town, not a destination. Located in Arizona’s Cochise County, it was founded as a railroad terminal for the Southern Pacific Railroad back in 1880 and today boasts a population of ~5,000 people. It’s still a railroad stop in this part of the country, with Amtrak providing passenger service and the Union Pacific and San Pedro & Southwestern Railroads moving freight. Tombstone, Arizona was our ultimate destination, but when I researched the area, Benson popped up as the ‘City of Murals’ and we were curious as to exactly what the town held in store for us.
Read MoreVanuatu… ever heard of it? It’s located east of Australia between the South Pacific Ocean and the Coral Sea. We had the chance to visit 8 of its 65 inhabited islands, all distinctive, all interesting and all welcoming. It was odd at first to be the only white people in an all black world.
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.
