Yesterday when we stopped at WalMart with Verna after the factory tour, we all gleefully tried to spend each other’s money by suggesting products we thought the other would like. She succeeded in getting us to invest in  ThermaCell system to repel mosquitoes. Then we goaded each other into trying freeze dried ice cream. We tried it this afternoon. It’s a curious experience. Although you get the flavor of ice cream the texture is all wrong. It doesn’t melt while you are eating it, but instead you’ve got crumbs landing in your lap. It did nothing to cool us off on this blistering afternoon but was a sweet treat nonetheless. We’re glad we tried it!
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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