WE GAVE THANKS
I never got the chance to write about Thanksgiving after the holiday. It was full of fun and food and fellowship, just as I knew it would be. We did take a short hike on the Mountains-to-Sea trail before dinner Thursday. Little mini but mighty (Riley the amazing, hiking dachshund) led the way from Craven Gap - where Town Mountain Rd meets up with the Blue Ridge Parkway- some 4 miles further south. We had a bit of a snafu or situation as some would call it, when Miriam and Alex got separated from the main group and ended up heading down from the ridge on a different trail. With cell phones and Marty hoofing it to get back to them, we were all reunited safely.
Dinner was quite a feast as you can see from my plate here in one of the photos. Holly did a fabulous job of cooking the turkey, which was very delicious. Everything was yummy in fact. Glad we did the hike before the meal because there would not have been a big hike after that big, filling meal.
Friday morning early, early, crazy early, Alex and Debbie went out for a little Black Friday shopping. Alex wanted to go to Wal-mart, of all places, to buy a Gameboy she saw on sale. Best I could tell, Debbie was just along for the fun, though she did come home with some prizes too. They struck paydirt in Weaverville, where the lines weren’t as long as those in Asheville. And I think, they managed to buy everything they set out to find on sale. I was skeptical they would really go at “O Dark Hundred,” as we say in my family, but they did, later relating all the fun they had. I will say that they got some great deals for their sacrificed sleep.
Maybe that needs to be part of the tradition from now on. Someone has to get up really early and brave the lines to snag an excellent deal. I'll add that one to the list.
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