We started the day in Melbourne in shorts weather. We broke camp, hooked up the Silver Shadow, climbed into the Trailblazer and turned on the air conditioning. We continued our journey up US-1 and A1A stopping for one more look and the sand and the surf in Flagler Beach. It was a trip down memory lane too since it evoked many memories of our years in Volusia County when the kids were young. To emphasize the joy of the sunshine and surf, we listened to Jimmy Buffett on the iPod. As we neared Jacksonville we saw gray skies ahead. Once we had Florida in our rearview mirror we were driving in misty rain. When we stopped for gas we were blasted with cold air as we stepped from the car. When we stopped for the night in Fort Mills SC, we set up camp in freezing rain. It was all we could do to not turn ourselves around and head back to the sunshine.
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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