Slept in a little (you can do that when you are retired), had some oatmeal with fixings for breakfast. Cleaned up the camper and then off to final T-Day shopping. Hit the commissary and walked (ran) Kaylee while Cath did the shopping. Went to another food store as the commissary did not have the specialty stuff Cath needed. Then off to the drug store as we have both been a little under the weather, but we're getting better fast. I still can't get over the traffic in this area, we see more cars in 5 minutes than we see in a week at home. A 15 minute trip to a store takes over an hour!
Ended up at the kids house around 1200. The Kiddos were having lunch and we joined them. Cath and Nicole did the T-day prep stuff. I went to Lowes and to another food store as there was more forgotten stuff (can you believe that).
The Kiddos had a great day playing in the yard, temps here are near 70.
Nicole's Dad showed up at the house from Florida for the weekend, it was great to see Rick again.
Bri got home from work around 1730 and the famous Scarlet Oak Circle Oyster began about 1830. All the neighbors came and we went through a couple of bushels of oysters.
Neighbor Jim did a great job with the oysters. He had a good size fire place with a steel skillet. We heated the large skillet, put some oysters on it, covered them with soaking wet burlap to steam the oysters, then shoveled them onto an oyster shucking table (hole in the middle, trash can under the hole, to catch all the shells). I think I ate maybe 20 - 30 oysters and I'm still full as I write this. We had a really good time and send our thanks to all the neighbors.
Cath and I headed back to the camper to get a good night's sleep before all the T-day festivities tomorrow. Looking forward to the meal, the kiddos, yakking with Nicole's Dad, and hanging out tomorrow.
Wishing all a Happy Thanksgiving, remember what his day is for.
I'm sure Cath is cooking her heart out today! I know she's a fabulous cook. Enjoy the family time :)
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