The price of disposable masks has risen exorbitantly since they came into such great demand. Plus it seems that reusable masks, like ones we could wash then use again, would make much more sense than constantly disposing of them. Yankee parsimonious attitudes die hard. And David’s sister, Mary, brought up a good point: If you feel you need to wear a mask, at least make them fun!
Read MoreAfter provisioning Nine of Cups for long passages for so many years, Blue is a dream. We know we’ll have access to stores at least once a week, so it’s not necessary to stow lots of food and supplies. Anything I forget can usually be purchased en route. That said, there’s nothing worse than getting to a campsite and settling in and finding that you’re missing some key item for preparing dinner. Whether it be an ingredient, a cooking utensil or propane for the Coleman stove, it’s a bummer to not have it available.
Read MoreAfter considering the possibility of another road trip recently… for about a nanosecond… it was a given that we would head out soon, but some things were still up in the air. In the last few days, we’ve gotten some clarifications and good news. We are now entering countdown mode! Read on…
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.
