When you find a geocache, you get a smiley face on the map. Today we completed a series dedicated to the various editions of the Boy Scout Handbook. That added thirty-four smileys to our map for a total of four hundred fifty. Lou challenged us to get five hundred by July 4th, our geocaching first anniversary. It might be possible. The fun was a bit moderated by the flat tire on the T@B but we found someone who was able to fix it and get us back on the road to Fall Creek Falls State Park!
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.
Aboard Jewel of the Seas, a favorite ship of ours, we enjoyed a foray into the history and geology of Canada’s Atlantic coast while enjoying the joys of friendships, longtime and new. Now we’re looking forward to returning to the same ship for further adventures!
Go 500, Rah Rah Rah! … Just don’t let it become consuming.
Flat tire = sub-adventure