How are you spending your Thanksgiving?

[callmeD]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Just wondering what everyone is doing today. I am at home in MA, cooking the turkey and fixings for dinner with my son. Later in the day we may visit some friends nearby for dessert.

Pretty quiet and low key - a nice change for me.

[This'nThat]

A more interesting question might be --- did your actual Thanksgiving turn out as planned? Better than planned? Worse?

[brk-lnt]

We did the family thing last week. The wife and I are going to Lakehouse tonight for their Thanksgiving dinner buffet thing.

[callmeD]

I didn't put much "planning" into Thanksgiving Day. I think sometimes things work out better when there is no planning - just buy food, cook it, eat it.

With such a small family, I suppose that works for us, but maybe not for those with large numbers of family and extended family members to consider.

It was a great day.

[Ropetow]

We're spending Thanksgiving in Key Largo. Staying at a Hilton on the water, took a boat out yesterday to watch the sunset, ate a traditional Thanksgiving dinner today at a waterfront pub . First time in 51 years I ever ate Thanksgiving dinner outdoors. Trying our best to emulate the Jimmy Buffet 'changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes' lifestyle.

[DRH]

We spent this year's Thanksgiving in Augusta, ME with our son and his girlfriend. It was a 2.5 hour drive each way from West Alton, but well worth it. Traffic was not bad except around Portland where it was a bit heavy. We got back home around 6PM. Only problem: no turkey leftovers!!

[Rag Top Daze]

We drove to my parents' house in York, Me. today for a lobster dinner. The price of lobsters is down right now, and my parents have connections to buy off the boat, so it was a very affordable alternative. Not to mention YUMMMIE! On the 90 minute ride to York, we were treated on the radio to the updated version of Alice's Restaurant. How cool is that?

I'm here to tell you that whatever that chemical they tell us is in turkey that makes you sleepy after eating it,must also be in lobster. After stuffing ourselves on lobster, tossed salad, chips and dinner rolls, the menfolk were just as sleepy on the couch as if they'd eaten turkey. Hmmmm...you don't suppose it's the stuffing yourself full of ANY food that gives you that gotta sleep feeling, do you?

In colonial times, lobsters were so plentiful and cheap, that the jailers fed lobsters to the prisoners. To the point that the prisoners complained about having to eat so much lobster. I'm willing to bet there were lobsters on the table of that first Thanksgiving.

We did pick up a turkey at the Thanksgiving sale price and put it in the freezer for some weekend. We also hit the Friday night buffet at Harts last week to make sure we did have turkey during the season.

All in all, we had a glorious day. Hope everyone on the forum did, too.

[Cristen]

We came up from Mass last night.....spent today at my parent's house in Meredith (and ate way too much). We are now back at our place in Moultonborough relaxing with some good wine and a fire.

[phoenix]

had great thanksgiving in Phoenix but of course look forward to the summer at the lake happy thanksgiving to all

[Lakepilot]

We're in Wolfeboro and had a great Thanksgiving. The turkeys turned out super - nice and moist. Had both daughters and their husbands and two grandkids up plus a friend of theirs. Wolfeboro is nice but Key Largo sounds great.

[WinnDixie]

We had all the usual, delicious food at my daughter's here. She did, however, serve a drink I'd never had...made with pomegranite juice, champagne and a handful of pomegranite seeds sprinkled on top. First I thought, "no way", but it was actually quite tasty...at least I thought so. My better half took one sip and opted for a beer. Well, that's the nice thing about Thanksgiving..so much to choose from! To avoid the downer of no leftovers I bought a Butterball turkey that is 7 1/2 pounds! Haven't cooked it yet...should be interesting...any of you gotten turkeys that small?

[Thept]

Sorry this is late. But my parents actually stayed home for the holidays. They're retired and usually in Florida by this time of year. But my mom wanted to be here for the holidays and have the whole family over to her house for Thanksgiving so I got to see both my sisters and their families which was very nice as I don't get to see them very often. Listening to my parents arguing in the kitchen while preparing the feast brought back memories. Nothing nasty....they're just trying to put out a feast. My wife and I jumped in to help. Everything was great from the food to the 17 year old Mondavi wine. The day goes by too quickly. Hope everyone had a great day

[ACutAbove]

This is late also but, we boycotted thanksgiving this yr and went up to Montreal for the weekend. myself my wife and our 2 yr old shopped and took a tour of the Bell centre and got home just a bit ago. Oh ya and we had A&W whistle dogs and poutine for our big meal of the day....

[Island Life]

We usually travel but decided to stay put this year. It was exceptionally relaxing because my 10-year old cooked the meal. He got a little help from Dad, did a fabulous job and is very proud of himself. Funny thing is, he doesn't eat any Thanksgiving food, so after a tiny bite of turkey, he opted for a bagel and cream cheese. Since the 12-year old baked the pie, it looks like I'm out of one more domestic chore. Yea!

[Misty Blue]

Not a sad story...

'Had to work at the power plant on Thanksgiving. Turkey with diced potatos MREs for supper. But I'm not sad!

Just remember... when that little red button pops out of your turkeys butt...

I'm the guy who made it happen!

God bless all and keep our troops in your thoughts.

Misty Blue.

[SIKSUKR]

Originally Posted by Misty Blue

Not a sad story...

'Had to work at the power plant on Thanksgiving.
Misty Blue.

Hey Misty,my best friend was working at Bow PP on T-Day.Same place?

[Misty Blue]

SIKSUR:

Nope. I'm at the bio-mass plant in Tamworth.

'Beats the boats!

Misty

[BroadHopper]

Spent Thanksgiving down South. Thanksgiving Day in Williamsburg PA and the Thanksgiving Week in Mooresville NC.

I experience Lake Norman in NC. It is a manmade lake. It was formed for a nuclear powerplant. The Lake is really big. Not as big as Winni.

There are plenty of GFBL boats as most of the NASACAR drivers lives in the area. The shores are densely populated and I was told that it is very crowded in the summer months. Boneheads are a big issue here. Everyone has to drive defensively. Reminds me of the Winni 'experience'.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

[Pine Island Guy]

Misty -

thanks for keeping the lights on and the oven hot for Turkey Day!!! and hope you had some good leftovers with the family that night

Appreciate all your help on the island last week, and now the Eastern is out for the season

A big hug to Deb's Joy, and see you on the ice soon (hopefully)!

PIG

[Basspro]

At home with family and friends. That's the best way to celebrate.

[Whimsey]

We spent Thanksgiving Day on the Antarctic Peninsula on an expedition cruise where our first Zodiac expedition was at 3:30 am (dawn was about 3 am). Pretty special despite the drizzle. Two pictures follow (if I did this right).

[chipj29]

Awesome pics Whimsey!

[Lakepilot]

Nice Pics! You didn't run aground did you?