Wednesday, almost Thanksgiving!

It sure was chilly last night.  Marg had put the flannel sheets on the bed in order to launder the others, but with the forecast left them on.  I think the temp was in the 50's and it was definitely jacket weather when I went out to get the bike out.  I knew Larry was coming by as I had fixed the flat and sure enough at 8:00 he was here.  We rode a short track as he knew I to be at the kitchen for 9 and made a little better than 3 miles.

When we got back, Marg was ready to go and we went down for our kitchen duty.  We were preparing the turkey's and roasting them in advance of Thanksgiving dinner in the hall.  There was lots of help and we did 5 turkey's, so it was not too much for any one person or couple.  After we got that started, Marg made us a nice breakfast back at the trailer, well really it was about the time for brunch.  By then the day had really started to warm up and we had to get rid of coats and long sleeves.  I think our daytime high was in the mid 70's so a very nice day.
  With a bit of time to spare we went out to Walmart looking for new drip pans for the stove.  I think the ones on it were the originals from new and were pretty much done.  We also got a new ice cream scoop, like one that a pal of Marg's bought.  It is liquid filled and apparently it does not get frosty, so never has to be dipped in water or warmed up to scoop ice cream, we'll see.  Then to the deli where Marg ordered some shave pastrami.  Well at home that is very thin sliced, here it meant cut into small fragments that were not what she wanted, so we just took a few grocery items and left.   Then we went to Safeway where she got the thin sliced pastrami.
  By then it was back to the kitchen to take the turkey's out.  The two in the convection oven were golden brown, so we put the two in the conventional oven to brown them up for the last half hour.  After they were set out to cool and then be carved.  The carving was done by a couple doing the dark meat and two of us the white.  The other fellow was not familiar with removing the breast whole and then slicing it, but was pretty good at it when we finished.  We ended up with some nice trays of meat that were refrigerated until tomorrow. 
  By then it was happy hour, so we went for a quick one.  There was a large group assembled there and a few new people arrived again this week.  Everyone we see comments on our being here early this year as they generally are here before us.  The talk invariably turns to weather both what they had on the road and what it is like at home.  On the way home we discovered our neighbour had picked her lemons and had a basket of them out front for anyone to take, so Marg brought home 2.  They are really very nice when they are that fresh.
  Supper tonight was Taco Bell.  They have some new combo's out that are really good.  Marg had the big deal for $5 again. It has a burrito, a taco, a gordito, nachos with cheese dip and a drink, just a heck of a deal.  I had the gordito.taco combo and it was great and very filling for under $6.  There was another couple from the park in there and the place was pretty much full.  We always think of Katie when we go there, as it was one of her fav's. 
  When we got back, I went to poker tonight and on the way picked up a couple of lemons for Doris.  She loves them and would probably have missed out by tomorrow.  Marg peeled potato's and then prepared the brussel sprouts for tomorrow she will be ready with her contribution to Thanksgiving dinner.  There were only 4 of us for poker tonight, but that left us with options to play some of the games that don't work with larger numbers.  As luck would have it I ended up the big winner tonight and I gauge that more from the comments and complaints of the others than I do by a count.  We had a few laughs and that is what it is all about.