After all that fun on the water we all agreed it was time for some sustenance so we changed into dry clothes and headed into town for the best burgers in town at The Thirsty Beaver. With good food in our bellies we changed back into or wet togs for a walk in the trout stream. Though some of John’s friends might view this as a challenge to be met or a hurtle to overcome, we saw it as a wonderful opportunity. We do a similar kind of thing at home and offer the experience to our summer visitors. There’s something wonderful about walking through chilly water on a warm summers day checking out the fish and the plants along the bank all the while watching your footing and occasionally getting wetter than planned. We walked quite a way then reversed our direction. Actually we were more disappointed than relieved when the bridge where we had put in came into view. We finished the day with grilled brats, incredibly delicious local corn on the cob and red wine.
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.
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