Remembering how much we learned and how much we enjoyed the visit to the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Manteo, North Carolina when were here with our young family in 1986, we decided that despite the Memorial Day weekend traffic on the North Carolina’s Outer Banks it would be a worthwhile stop. The visitors center and the ranger talk helped us remember what a remarkable feat that Orville and Wilbur Wright accomplished here at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903. It’s incredible to remember how remote this area was at that time. Just the logistics of getting themselves and their flyers here for four successive testing sessions beginning in 1900 boggles the mind not to mention the incredible research and development back in Dayton that led these brothers to achieve First Flight and the beginning of a new age for humanity.
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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