We had never met Michael, the new editor and co-owner of Good Old Boat. He and his family just happen to live in Ajo, Arizona, ~40 miles from Organ Pipe. The timing for a meet-up was perfect. They’re planning to head back to their boat in Fiji in a week or so. And yes, there was more to Ajo than we expected … a giant copper pit mine and humongous mutant rabbits!
Read MoreWe were up before 0600 to take advantage of the cool of the day for a walk on the Desert Trail once again. Organ pipe cactus are night bloomers and this morning both the saguaro and the organ pipe were in bloom … glorious!
Read MoreThis week's blog covers how we keep the house batteries charged. The primary means of charging the 315 ah of batteries is the solar panels mounted on Blue's roof. Here in the southwest where solar energy is plentiful, we've had no trouble keeping ahead of the refrigerator, computers, phone and other electronic gizmos that now seem necessary. While the solar power provided by our solar panels is more than we need right now, the same may not be true once we're in the Pacific northwest, so we've invested in a couple of other methods for keeping the batteries charged...
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.
