Today we hitched up Gigi for our final journey together. It’s been a glorious four years as we have traveled these forty-eight contiguous states with her. She’s facilitated so many adventures and the opportunity to make so many friends. It’s been with a degree of sadness that we have removed our US map and stickers from her exterior, taken down the family pictures from the interior, emptied her drawers and cupboards, and cleaned and readied her to be able to welcome her new owners in to an opportunity to travel and experience the wonders that we’ve experienced with Gigi. We’ll make our way north along I-75 through Cincinnati today and tomorrow morning arrive at Haydocy RV in Columbus.
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!
Well done, Gigi, the next family to enjoy you will be lucky indeed!