Today we headed south on US 385 to Hot Springs, South Dakota. There in 1974 mammoth fossils were discovered and now it is an active paleontological dig under roof. It’s the only mammoth site in the US with the fossils in situ (left where they were found). We’d heard about this site before and had always wanted to see it in person. On the way back north, inside Wind Cave National Park we encountered a herd of Bison and watched them amble across the road in front of our car. At the Visitor’s Center we signed up for a walking tour of the cave and saw rare box formations (no caving tours this time). On the way back to camp on this rainy evening we fortified ourselves with bumbleberry and strawberry rhubarb pie ala mode. Next time you are in Custer, SD, you need to stop at the Purple Pie Place!
Aboard the Norwegian Jewel we’ve made stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Georgetown, Grand Cayman to explore beyond our previous experiences here. Soon we’ll be making our way to ports we’ve not yet explored in the Southern Caribbean.
What a treat to pause for a BBQ lunch with the locals at Pearl Country Store and Barbecue on US-441 in Micanopy, Florida. It’s a taste of the Florida we remeber from our youth.
By deliberate choice we were in Medina for all the winter holiday festivities from Candlelight Walk in the days before Thanksgiving through A Christmas Carol and A Celtic Christmas as well as an Alex Bevan Concert and a historic house tour all the way through Medina’s 31st Ice Festival but perhaps the highlight was the town hosting hundreds of folks whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Helene at the A Promise of Christmas Event the middle of January. It’s an honor to be a part of this amazing community!
Looks like a fantastic place to visit with a helmet, rope and three independent light sources!