After a delightful chat with our neighbors across the way, we broke camp and headed out of Everglades National Park and south on US-1. We’re in new territory. We lived in Florida for fifty years and never visited the Everglades NP or the upper Keys. It’s a pleasant and short drive from Homestead to Key Largo. We just sort of poked around a little bit getting ideas for ways to visit in the future but felt a bit hampered with the trailer behind. We did get a fabulous Seafood Burritos lunch at Snappers in Key Largo. The local brew was good too. Then we headed north on US-1 into Miami then over to Miami Beach and up A1A. We must be crazy. It was a gorgeous day and with the windows and the sunroof open we enjoyed the sun-drenched glory of Miami but were glad too to escape the frenzy. Ended up camping on a tiny overflow lot about 15 feet from US-1 and three feet from the restrooms in the smallest KOA in the country, in downtown Ft Pierce. Grateful for a place to park the camper but not anxious to stay long.
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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