This is our last stop on our trek across West Texas. What an amazing journey. It’s an amazingly vast landscape and a booming economy. Like the rest of the West, we see more and more solar and wind farms spread out where just wildlife and rattlesnakes made their home but here in West Texas we’re seeing more and more Nodding Donkeys/Oil Horses/Oil Derrick Pumpjacks and associated equipment And we’re seeing billboard after billboard advertising for workers as this area contributes to more affordable fossil fuel for the time being as we transition to renewables. Tonight we are in Abilene, Texas. We have reservations at the KOA just outside of town but before we head there we thought it might be a good idea to wash the dust off of our truck and trailer so we pulled into Super Suds Car Wash and administered a nice shower for both Eric and Sc@rlett!
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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