Being in Texas makes me want to sing. Just think about all the songs there are about Texas. Leaving Austin, we had Willie Nelson playing and we sang right along with him… “On the road again”… then I checked the map and noticed we could pass through Luckenbach, just a little out of our way… we could be there with Willie, Waylon and the boys and be feelin’ no pain.
Read MoreWe were so close to Texas’ state capital city that we couldn’t leave without at least paying Austin a visit. Other than short business trips years ago, neither of us had ever spent time in Austin and we looked forward to seeing at least a little bit of the city.
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.
