Our stay in Las Cruces was a delightful visit with Marvin and his people. Our friendship with Marvin began in Aberdeen, SD when we visited with Paul, his “Dad”. Now two years later Paul is teaching English in Japan and Marvin is delighting his foster parents, Paul and Beth. Sociable and intelligent, he’s excited about going to doggie daycare, loves to snuggle, and graciously agreed to share his side yard with Sc@rlett, our T@B 400 during our visit.
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.
Aboard Jewel of the Seas, a favorite ship of ours, we enjoyed a foray into the history and geology of Canada’s Atlantic coast while enjoying the joys of friendships, longtime and new. Now we’re looking forward to returning to the same ship for further adventures!
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