Who is at the beach at sunrise on Autumnal Equinox? Photographers, surfers, and – if you are on Assateague Island – wild horses! We arrived at Assateague Island National Seashore late yesterday without reservations so we were lucky to secure a site in the Bayside Campground. We don’t know if Oceanside would have had fewer mosquitoes. Even with the pesky insects it was fun to walk the campground and watch the wild horses help themselves to dog food and to wander up to a campfire. We were careful to give them plenty of space having been warned by rangers and by graphic signs that in fact these horses are really wild animals. Then this morning, just to celebrate Equinox, we were up before dawn and walked to the beach. It was beautifully quiet and peaceful. A great way to start the day.
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!
Misty and Stormy! How beautiful!!!