We were looking for another hiking trail close to home. We’d visited the Clark County Wetlands Park before and walked the many short, but interesting trails through the nature preserve on countless occasions. What we didn’t realize is that the nature preserve itself is only a small portion of the Wetlands Parks and the Wetlands Loop Trail offered miles of walking opportunity.
Read MoreShame on us! Having lived here in Las Vegas for more than two years, we discovered that less than an hour west across town, there’s a beautiful national conservation area … Red Rock Canyon.
Read MoreThe Thames Path was sort of a trial run to see whether we could still hike reasonable distances each day for days or weeks at a time, while carrying full packs. Although it wasn't without a few blisters and there were the occasional 'Ibuprofen nights' we had a glorious time, and there was nothing that dissuaded us from trying something more ambitious.
Most of the world’s greatest hikes aren’t this luxurious, however, which begs the question as to whether we're now way too old to sleep on the ground, utilizing only the lightweight backpacking gear we can carry. Will we spend a very long night with throbbing backs, hips and shoulders, then be too 'stove-up' in the morning to get into an upright position or tie our own shoes? Will I be too cranky to live with? Time to find out.
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.
