For the last few days we have been having great fun geocaching. it has taken us off the beaten path and made us appreciate more of our surroundings. We’re traveling slowly, stopping in small towns, and noticing things we might otherwise have missed. One cache entitled Where the Sidewalk Ends took us to some beautiful old trees on the edge of a field just before sunset. The golden light across the field was wonderful. Earlier today we took a hike in the woods along a trail we would otherwise have not known about. It’s a wonderful hide and go seek game using gps and cellular technology!
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!
The warmth we anticipated when we headed to the Caribbean in mid-January didn’t really materialize but the fun we had with our dancing friends and the great crew of the Margaritaville at Sea Islander more than made up for the not so favorable weather.
A poem would have been a nice “find”!