The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a multi-use, recreational, repurposed railroad line (rail-trail) that stretches ~150 miles from Cumberland, Maryland to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We decided to start at the Pittsburgh end and work our way east to Cumberland with the thought that we’d continue onto the C&O Towpath from Cumberland to Washington DC if we were enjoying ourselves.
Read MoreI’m not sure whether it’s just my curmudgeonly nature, envy, or maybe a little of both, but I’ve long been disparaging of ebikes. I always thought you’d never see me on one. Well, that was then and this is now…
Read MoreWhen we ventured outside Blanche the next morning, the campsite was abloom in wildflowers. Texas bluebonnets, bright purple spiderwort, dainty Texas baby-blue-eyes, Drummond’s onion and Mexican buckeye all strutted their stuff in a rainbow pageant. And, yes, I had to use my NWF Wildflowers of North America book to identify them all. It’s hard to realize that we’re only minutes from downtown Austin.
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.
