Heading east on OH-16 we passed Frazeysberg and the Longaberger Homestead and thought briefly of stopping but deferred. Then continuing east this basket rose up on the horizon, a rather unique office building! Then we read this Roadside America essay. Do we really want to be counted among the Longaberger visitors? Meanwhile it’s time to pull over, open up the kitchen to make lunch, and to see if any nearby businesses have some decaf coffee for us.
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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