We have begun our South Dakota adventures! We spent the morning at the Falls Park just north of downtown Sioux Falls learning a lot about the geology and the history of the area. Then we headed west on I-90 to Mitchell, South Dakota. Now we can say “Been there, done that” about the Corn Palace. Also stopped at Cabela’s but couldn’t find any camping gear that we thought would improve our style. At Oacoma we stopped for buffalo burgers at Al’s Oasis. Now we are camped at a KOA just outside of The Badlands. The landscape is phenomenal. We’ll spend tomorrow exploring the park.
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!
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.
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