On our previous visits to Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming, we’ve coupled it with a trip to Yellowstone and we’ve spent a lot of time driving from place to place within the park. Trying to see as much as possible we’ve focused on the Teton Park Road. This time we stayed inside the park instead of in the town of Jackson and concentrated on taking it slow and really drinking in the experience. We lingered a long time on the Mormon Row Road yesterday when we spotted a herd of bison. Today as we headed out we drove north along US-191 then east on US-26/287 at the Moran Junction pausing a couple of times to capture awesome views of mountains and then to watch a grizzly bear and her cub feeding nearby.
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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