Although we had to work for half a day on Thanksgiving Day, it went fast and we were paid time and a half. Amazon.com closed from 11 a.m. till 10:30 p.m. so everyone had time to spend with family for the holiday. Everyone appreciated it.
At 11 a.m. we all rushed home to make our side dishes to gather with others in the campground for a communal dinner celebration. We had three turkeys that were deep fried, plus two hams.
Jim and Jerry Fuller carved up the meats as others “helped” by taking away the “bad” cuts as they said ha-ha.
The tables were full of wonderful food
These dinners are always so nice because the food is homemade and not a commercial concoction. It was real turkey and not a turkey roll as so many restaurants are serving now a days.
We enjoyed socializing with all the folks in our campground. We all work together and it was special to have time to talk at leisure.
Here the organizers, Mary and Jerry Fuller mingle.
Rocky, the campground owner, produces a drink that is a mix of apple juice, apple cider and cinnamon stick steeped together and then a “local libation”( if you know what I’m referring to) is added. Rocky calls this Apple Pie and it sure does taste like it. It is so smooth and goes down so easy…mmmmm!!!!! Rocky brought a quart to the dinner as his potluck contribution…we passed around the jug, as they say, and we all liked his “dish”.
This Thanksgiving Day was also Jim’s 61st birthday. So Rocky brought Jim a pint of Apple Pie. Really nice present!!!
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Since going fulltime RVing we have had most of our holiday celebrations at RV parks’ potlucks. They are wonderful, but I miss having a turkey sandwich later on in the day or the next day for lunch. So this year we decided to roast a turkey the Saturday after Thanksgiving to accommodate that need. So yesterday we did just that.
We were just going to roast a turkey for sandwiches. But if you are going to roast a turkey you might as well make stuffing (Jim’s favorite); then if you have turkey drippings you might as well make gravy. So it ended up more like a full turkey dinner. Mossman’s roasted a turkey breast for more white meat, and the Doyle’s brought breads and two bottles of Tabor Hill wine…yummmmm!
Afterwards we all sat around a campfire until it got too cold to be outside. This was a very special time together.
Hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends. Remember, you are loved!
You have to watch that apple pie it will creep up on you and get you!!!
ReplyDeleteThat a boy Jim,keep,m coming. Glad to here you are getting short on the working gig. We leave sunny Mn. on Tuesday,not like I,ve been counting the days,white is not my fav. color.
ReplyDeletePlay safe & drive careful,
Sandy & Mike
Again, Happy Birthday Jim with many more to come. That was a pretty nice gift of "Apple Pie".
ReplyDeleteDave turned 68 Saturday. Bobbie, the next time you do a turkey try this. Turn the turkey on its breast, put two sticks of butter inside the cavity, season with your favorite spices,add two cans chicken broth, cover pan tightly with heavy duty foil. Roast bird in 250 oven all night. The most tender fall apart white meat I ever ate in my life.
Happy Thanksgiving you two.