Even as the flood of 2015 was occurring on Christmas Eve, just hours after we had departed for New Orleans, we were acutely aware of the damage to the road along side Tween Creeks. When neighbors arrived with pizza our first night back, they regaled us with tales of the flood and the extreme road damage as well as apprised us of the efforts to mitigate the damage. Even now road work is underway to bring our road up to standard.
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!
Hopefully your property didn’t suffer any damage in your absence. Happy Spring!
Other than the fact that the road coming up to our house was turned into a raging river by torrential rains in the wee small hours of Christmas Eve, we’re in good shape. Our neighbors had to deal with a road that was initially impassable then barely so but with the commencement of professional road repair, we’re now pretty much back to normal.