In theory the trip from Lowman to Winchester, Idaho takes an hour and a quarter. For us it took more like six hours of driving plus stops. The scenery was fabulous! Riggins, Idaho was a great place to pause for lunch at the Salmon River Inn on the banks of the river by the same name. Mid-afternoon, mid-week, after Labor Day, things were quiet but the service was friendly and the sandwiches were savory. Named after local creeks, we enjoyed the Skookumchuck and the Cow Creek. A little further down the road we paused at the White Bird Battlefield Interpretive Center of the Nez Perce National Historic Trail to look out over the area where to the Nez Perce people achieved a victory over US Army troops. Finally our home for the night was Winchester Lake State Park. Site 39 served us as a delightful overnight but would be quite suitable for a longer stay.
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!
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