Today’s fun started days ago. There was a trip to H&R Trains down in Florida which started out as a search for a piece for Steve’s vintage model railroad airport beacon but led to the acquisition not only of a vintage American Flyer boxcar but of a lightly used seventy year old AF transformer! Then two days ago there was the opportunity to pick up an almost brand new Apple Watch followed by a trip to Charlotte Street Computers and a fancy new watchband as well as a nice lunch at Bourbon Barrel Beef on the way home. Then at minutes after midnight this morning we scored a spot at üCamp19. Registration started at 00:00 and all spots had been taken by 08:00 this morning. We’re so glad we were silly enough to stay up until midnight to register! Then tonight we ventured in to Sylva to check out The Cut and learned from Kelsey at the bar that they really do make custom cocktails!. We both enjoyed the concoctions that she mixed up for us before heading on to Lulu’s, a Sylva tradition for a delicious birthday dinner.
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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