The weather has gotten chilly. The leaves are beginning to turn especially at the higher elevations so we did a Sunday afternoon drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. At first we planned on lunching at the Pisgah Inn but we took a wrong turn. Instead we traveled past Graveyard Fields and through Balsam Gap. Just a few feet away from the BRP exit we found Balsam Mountain Inn still open for lunch. We feasted on Sauteed Mountain Trout and fresh vegetables. After lunch we chatted with the innkeepers and got a tour of the inn which was built at the turn of the last century. A fine way to spend an autumn afternoon.
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!
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