Knock me over with a feather, Thanksgiving weekend camping

[HersheyGirl]

Good Pictures!

[tlhdoc]

Paula sorry you didn't feel good on the trip and that I couldn't meet you for dinner yesterday.  We were gone most of the day and when we got back we had Thanksgiving dinner at the campground.  Today was home made turkey noodle soup (the campground's way of getting rid of the leftovers) for lunch.  It was very good and thick.

[SheBantam]

Apache had the covered dish, they provided the turkey on Tuesday, and that may be because there are so many good buffets in the area for Thanksgiving dinner. This campground and MB Travel Park are loacted right off of "Resturaunt Row".

We did not go to the covered dish. I was afraid of the smokers.  The bar/resturaunt in the campground's fishing pier did have Thanksgiving Dinner, but with a plain hamburger, no FFs, selling for $5.99, and the smoke in there was obscene when we got there on Saturday, we opted to get dressed up a little and cleaned up a lot (well Raymond had to shave) and go out.

What I would not have given for turkey soup yesterday and even today.
I am back to work.

[HersheyGirl]

I love having left over turkey.  But, we always go to my cousins for TG dinner.  So, I picked up a fresh turkey, 12 lbs, at Green Dragon on Friday when Sara and I went.  Cooked it yesterday after brining it for a day.  Will have turkey leftovers tonight, turkey pie tomorrow, and will make turkey soup on Thursday. Love turkey.

[SheBantam]

I love turkey too, but I hate a house full of people and no help. If I am invited to a gathering, I ask what I can bring, these characters bring their appetites and kids and Raymond volunteers "us", boils down to ME to watch the kids so the girls can go shopping, he goes to bed to nap and leaves me chasing kids, cooking and cleaning as I cook for 5 to 6 kids and 5 to 6 adults, when I need help everyone but the little ones under foot disappear...so I just do not love turkey enough to put up with the hassels.

This all started about 12 years ago or so when I had a misscarriage right before Christmas, I had to have emergency procedure 2 days before Christmas, and not only got no help, but the "family" over slept (can we say noon???) and not only did I not get any help, but they were 2 hours late, because JWs came over proselitizing and they just could not tell them they had to leave...there is a 4 letter word for these people, but I am too much of a lady...so not only were they 2 hours late with NO phone calls and would not answer their phone, but the dishes I asked them to bring, well, they just did not feel like doing it...again, a 4 letter word comes to mind...
Now they are upset because they are no longer invited over.  I told Donna when she was still married to ex #2, it was their turn next year, well she has been through jerk..I mean ex #3 and still no "Family" celebrations at her house.
The Christmas before she married ex #3, they needed a sitter for Sara.  Donna was too interested in going to ex#3's dads without Sara, that she did not give Sara a Christmas, and her ex#2 was not going to either to punish DOnna...so well I took the week off and when I realized that the parents had narry a gift for the 3/4 year old, I MADE jerk, I mean ex #2, Sara's father take her for a day while I went shopping for HIS daughter so she had as many gifts to open under the tree that year as Jeffrey...he got mad at me for making him take his day off and pretend to be a father to his child...

Then I have this wonderful friend that some of you have met, sweet sweet lady, but as with the camping trip she came with me on, on holidays, she calls to make sure we are going to be in town, then informs me she will be there for dinner...she tells me all she can have is a little bit, and 3 plates later complains I am too good of a cook...because everything tasted soooo good.  Some of you who camped with me when I am in the cooking mood, know I can cook.

Once upon a time I really really loved holidays??? anyone want a family of jerks, I can share????I'll even send some food to share, because they won't.

See why I like turkey, the bird and hate the hassels that go with the holidays???I would rather be camping, in a motel or just at home by myself.

[SheBantam]

back on track and off the soap box, I was camping next to a behmouth fivver that was sited permanently, my Cabin A was the same length as their slide out on the side of their trailer.  The lady was absolutely fasinated with the Cabin A and got the nickle...more like penny tour. She thought it was so cute.

You hade to alsmost be infront of my trailer to see that it was not part of their slide, as when I backed it in, I backed it right along side their slide, if I had moved up a few feet, it would have beeneasier to see from a distance that the Cabin A was a seperate trailer...

Oh I am wake and surfing because the doctor gave me prednisone today and informed me I has asthma, he called it intermittent asthma and said it probably only happens this bad when my body is run down...yep, the week before our vacation I worker 12 hour days on a special project, AND got a head cold, so yepper I was run down when I came in contact with the verry nice people in the campground who smoked and used highly scented candles (smelled like the powdered carpet freshners right after the stuff is dumped on the carpet) and perfumes...he said this steroid might interfere with my sleep and sure to his word, I slept about 4 hours and now...well am wired like I had a pot of coffee...

[my toys]

Paula, I hope you are feeling better.  That prednisone is some nasty stuff.  Check into the side effects carefully and don't take it for very long.

[Hargus]

If you consider a do-nutt'n vacation because you are too sick to do anything...and being in an 11' box with a tobacco chewing crotchetty old man fun, then yes I had a ball!!

Hi Paula,
           Your too funny. I hope you are feeling better by now. I'm glad you were able to get away for a couple of days and had some nice weather. Before you know it you be planning for the rally. We look forward to seeing you.

Mike

[SheBantam]

10 days Nancy, that is the course of the Steroid and the antibiotic.

Yes Mike I was being cute. Raymond is NOT a camper. Looking forward to seeing everyone again also