The reason for the return to Pawtucket was Lin’s new hip. The scheduled hip replacement in early August had been delayed due to a positive COVID test. No one else in the family tested positive and Lin was totally asymptomatic, but rules is rules and the procedure had to be postponed for three weeks. We went off and cycled in Ohio and now we were returning to help out pre and post-op hip surgery.
Read MoreThere are lengthy gaps in the GART in this area which rely heavily on roads and highways. We opted to avoid these and parked at lovely Fort Laurens State Park to ride. A bit of trivia… Fort Laurens is the only American Revolutionary War fort in Ohio.
Read MoreNow that we’ve had a few days to relax and think about our recent cycle trek, we’ve come up with some thought and highlights of our trip. We’ve broken them down into the two separate sections that we rode: the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath (C&O). I’ve also included some stats at the end.
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.
