Happy Thanksgiving!

We're in Buford, Ga. for Thanksgiving dinner at my Mother's house. Ate waaaaay too much. Sister-in-law Helen, from Asheville, NC, cooked and/or assembled the entire dinner on Wednesday night and it was delicious: Turkey breast, dressing & gravy, squash casserole, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes (by brother Jim), and sweet potato casserole with marshmallows (by Mother). I brought the Pecan Pie and biscuits (and washed the dishes - LOL!)

Buddy and Lacey in the kitchen, patiently waiting for a few crumbs to drop to the floor!

Wednesday night we had dinner at Scott and Angelia's and played with the grand kids. Ethan had a new bike and Kenzie (helped by Buddy) played Nintendo.

It is supposed to rain tomorrow....not sure what we will be doing....certainly eating leftovers. Love a good turkey sandwich!

Welcome our newest followers.....Randy & Kim and Karen! Enjoy the ride!

Leaves are changing, time has changed, and Thankgiving is coming soon!

Fall color at John Tanner State Park

Here we are set up on Site 15

~ Project 365 Day 19 ~

Happy Turkey Day !

Our family in Georgia is so spread out that we are not all getting together for Thanksgiving this year. My Mother (from Buford) is going to my Brother's in Watkinsville. Our son and his family (from Flowery Branch) will be getting together with his wife's family. We will be going to our daughter's house, about 30 minutes away in Douglasville for Thanksgiving dinner with all the traditional fixins.

Today started out pretty cool outside....not freezing, but close. There are a lot of campers here this week, even with the cold temps. Of the 32 sites, I think about 20 are taken. Lots of families celebrating the holiday.

After a quick breakfast of coffee, bagels and cream cheese, we got things together to take to Samantha's for dinner. DSiL, Nate's, parents were coming and bringing the turkey. Samantha had a ham, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes with the little marshmallows on top, crescent rolls and corn bread dressing. I made the dressing when we got there while she was doing the other dishes. Those are all of the traditional dishes we always have on Thanksgiving for as far back as I can remember. We had a good time visiting with the other grandparents and playing with the three boys.

Corn Bread Dressing

Green Bean Casserole

Sweet potato casserole

DGS, Kyle (5), has been with us at the camper since Saturday (his school was out this week) so we took him home and brought the next one, Logan (2 1/2) with us back to the camper to stay until we take him home on Saturday when we'll say our goodbyes for a while as we head back to Florida for a visit and then to Texas. Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice day so we will probably have one last camp fire and Logan can roast marshmallows for s'mores.

~ Project 365 Day 17 ~

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. 35 years old and still a classic.
(copied, not photographed)

~ Melegris Gallopavo ~

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It's only fitting that I should see my first Wild Turkey only 3 weeks from Thanksgiving. There were three of them, walking across a field about two miles outside the park. I'm adding her to my Life List. I actually did see one about a year ago but she ran across the road so fast that I didn't realize what happened until she disappeared into the woods. These three were just meandering along without a care in the world, unsuspectful of the hunter we came across a few miles back.