Last night as we were driving into Indianapolis, we noticed a sign mentioning General Lew Wallace. Since neither of us recognized the name we googled it and found a lengthy article that gave an excellent overview of his life and accomplishments. Then today we went in search of a geocache that took us to the grounds of the  General Lew Wallace Study and Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana where we lingered to to learn more about this man who was a Union general, author of Ben-Hur, governor of the territory of New Mexico , and diplomat to Turkey!
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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