We have met several nice couples that we enjoy being around and decided we needed the whole scene as is our tradition so we started asking who was doing what, thinking that being far from home and families that we could just gather together for a fun day. It was amazing to us how many couples had family nearby and were planning to go home be with family . But we were determined to have a turkey and friends around so we invited two couples that we had just met and instantly liked. Well, they were already getting together and invited US to join THEM. Sounded good to us so we said yes.
Now, one couple was from Pennsylvania and the other from Washington. Well, the couple from Washington are Seventh Day Adventist so we knew we were in for a treat and looked forward to the all vegetarian meal. We got there around 2pm, helped put the food together and got ready to eat. Since they were RV'rs and there was 8 of us we set up a table outside and proceeded to load the table with food. We had a vegie loaf, 3 different salads, sweet potatoes, a crock pot full of mashed potatoes, gravy, a tray of nuts, vegies, rolls, coconut cream pie, pecan pie and pumpkin pie! Boy was that table full. The weather cooperated well as it was about 70 and partly sunny. We ate and told stories and talked about the sights to see in the area. It was a very nice day and we had a great time. We didn't leave until about 8pm. We have just met a lot of nice people here at Loma Linda and we all try to support each other.
(BUT, turkey is Thanksgiving and since we already bought our turkey we just cooked it in the morning before we met with them, knowing we would eat for a week on leftovers) In fact we had a full plate of leftovers for dinner tonight.
Steve carving our turkey in our kitchen
Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Glad you are making such wonderful memories out of what could be a very depressing situation.
ReplyDeleteNice to know we have so many friends who are good at making lemonade!
Margie
VEGGIE LOAF instead of Turkey? Sick and wrong I say... sick and wrong! LOL (just kidding)
ReplyDeleteI will have one more thing to be thankful for on Thanksgiving from now on! Glad to hear that you had good company and your experiences away from home during this time are something to be remembered for a lifetime! Thanksgiving and 70 degrees! WOW! and I know I'll be laughing about a 70 degree and veggie loaf Thanksgiving now for a long time! (glad you had your turkey) Lynne :)