We've had some memorable Thanksgivings, traveling, and this one, in the so-called Big Thicket of east Texas--the Thick Bigot, we used to say in Dallas--will likely rank among them. We're holed up at the Escapees Rainbow's End "campground" near Livingston ("I presume"). It's a normal campground, a large one, plus many more acres of more permanent RV emplacements, ranging from houses with RV garages to more modest covered parking pads with utilities and storage. We have been Escapees members for a decade or so, but this, and our stay last week at the Rainbow Plantation in Alabama, are our first experiences with their properties, which are located in a number of states. The organization provides a variety of services for RVers, including even a Care Center here for invalids, persons recovering from operations, persons with disabilities, etc. Anyhow, we spent Thanksgiving at Rainbow's End for 2020, Vicki fixing a traditional dinner, and then Zooming with Rachel and Will and Rebecca and Penelope. Wet and stormy weather will keep us here through Saturday.
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| One of the several reception/lounge/laundry/etc. buildings |
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| Welcome to Texas (I have a sort of Thelma and Louise thing about Texas) |
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| Our encampment |
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| Wednesday, for amusement and to get some steps, we walked down the highway (nothing else in sight) to Rudy's Honey, a honey farm, bottler, and wholesale/retailer of some size; and bought some of their great honey |
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| "Raw honey" the salesperson explained: no treatment except for filtering to remove wings, legs, antennae, etc. |
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| Our Thanksgiving repast, 2020 |
Reflecting on some of our more interesting Thanksgivings in the past has led me to compile, for your viewing pleasure, a selection of Thanksgiving blog posts 2008-2019 (with a couple lapses):
2008 Koh Samui, Thailand
2010 Gallipoli, Turkey
2012 Menlo Park, California; no blog post and no pix I can find! Help!
2014 Near Santa Cruz, California
2015 Laughlin, Nevada
2016 Washington, DC
2017 Washington, DC; again, no blog post, but one surviving photo; my diary notes: "November 23, 2017 All day food, T-Day. Skyped with Rebecca and Penelope. Watched almost a whole season of Great British Bake-Off with Rachel and Will. Pork roast, asparagus, yams, pumpkin cheese cake, green slime, a most satisfactory T-day dinner."
2018 Washington, DC
2019 Washington, DC
1 comment:
Will have to look for 2012 pix! Penelope and I enjoyed reading all of the Menlo Park entries from years past (and looking at the photos of me, she adds). :)
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