Thanksgiving Plans??

“What's ever buddy doin for the Turkey Day long weekend? Anyone gonna hit the trail??

I hope to be competing in the "Turkey Day Regatta" if the sails are fixed in time!”

“Sound like fun TX. I changed my plans, and am not going to NY. I'll be closing on my new house on November 15th, and moving in. It will be my first Thanksgiving at in WA. I always celebrated in NY.”

“Susan has this Mad idea about putting skylights in the livingroom. Looks like I'll be cutting holes in the roof & ceiling.
This weekend we're remodeling a bathroom in the house so I've been painting, paneling, putting up chair rail, Trim in bathroom & hallway, and installing a new vanity. Tommorrow I'll be putting in a new toilet after she does the wallpaper, hanging the mirror, finish installing a kitchen counter, clean the garage, clean my junkie area around the computer,
*stop for a moment to gasp for air*

wash the truck & car, watch the NASCAR Rase (I hope), Watch some Football (that may be pushing it), Put up Halloween stuff, store the lawn equipment for winter, and maybe I'll get in a nap as long as I don't get caught.

Next weekend= BACKPACKING!!!!!!!
:@)”

“I'm going to eat turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, veggies, corn bread, etc, veg out in front of the TV watching football with a few naps in between. I'll probably burp a few times as well.

I can't wait!”

“there's a trip in the smokies that kath is doing.. still hoping i can go.”

“Eat”

“Thanksgiving means only two things:

1) Eat turkey.
2) Watch the Lions.

Oh, yeah, they're the same thing this year.

On a slightly different note, I was reading the Ann Arbor Observer yesterday. They list community events. On thanksgiving there is nothing listed except an Ann Arbor Naturalists meeting at a local cafe.

I guess if you don't have any family to hang out with, you might as well get naked with strangers.”

“Turkey with the family. Hopefully followed by a few days of late season deer hunting.”

“If the wife has no plans for me I plan to hike the Black Creek Wilderness Trail. Made it half way earlier this year before a tropical storm ran me out.”

“Following a 10-day visit from dad, we drive back to Phoenix for a week over the holiday. No backpacking, but I might be able to head out into the country for a little 4WD touring...”

“The Dallas Chapter of the Sierra Club is coordinating a trip to Big Bend taking "Sleeper Buses". Only catch is you leave on Wednesday night and come back Monday morning. Rats! Now a Thurday night trip to Sunday night might be do-able..

Did someone say "The Smokies"??”

“Heading up to Wisconsin to do some deer hunting the week before turkey day near Amery, Wi. and after that I would like recon some of the Alleghenies over the holiday prior to a possible winter excursion up there later in the season.”

“I'm hiking at the Grand Canyon the weeknd before Thanksgiving, eating Turkey at my sister's house on Turkey Day and then I hope to be hiking somewhere the weekend after Thanksgiving. I want to try out my new tent in the snow.”

“Snowboarding! Last year we had turkey dinner at the Mammoth Grill & Bar

too much turkey”

“LOL Snow Nymph

Turkey dinner at our house. Not sure what else yet.

Christmas season at Disneyland is one of our favorites...it already started last weekend.”

“LOL Snow Nymph, all you lack are the little Xs for eyes!”

“Kayaking to Cayo Costa. Four days, sunshine, secluded beaches, maybe a turkey sandwich and some stuffing.”

“Making turkey, eating turkey, hopefully some bping with my son. His backpacking reindoctrination is going wonderfully (for a little while he would rather[insert any horrible self-torture here]than hike anywhere).”

“hikin'!”

“Day hike in the Paria River Narrows then it's off to mommys for a turkey feeding frenzy.”

“The whole family is coming over for thanksgiving day.
The next day I'm driving to the Smokies for a week and some hiking.”

“Driving to Hotlanta all Thanksgiving day so I can watch my brother get married again on Friday or Saturday (he's still not sure which) and then drive all day Sunday to get home. I won't even be there long enough to meet any TTers! :o( No turkey for me!!! (Soup Nazi voice)”

“not enough time?!?!?

harumph!”

“Taking the family to DisneyWorld for a week...not into it at all.”

“Hah! I guess that is why you never mentioned it, huh Fritz? What could be more fun than waiting in line all day?”

“"not enough time?!?!?

harumph!"

It's not that we wouldn't love to meet all you Southerners, but that there probably won't be time. Besides Radagast, you'll be hiking! The wedding was originally planned for April and we had hoped to tack some extra time onto our stay for hiking. Got the call from the bonehead yesterday; they've moved up the date. No explanation why, they just want to. (Exasperated sigh)

Maybe there'll be time for a beer and a buffalo wing.”

“Shoot, I'll just post the time and location of the reception and you all can just crash it.”

“Cool. I'll be the cousin no one's seen for years.”

“Not sure. Haven't given it much thought, actually.

Geez - so many options!
Five days off...
lessee... at least one day offshore fishing on my cuz's boat (Fall grouper fishing - best time), at least two nights in the backcountry... somewhere.

Mebbe I'll wet the rowboat like last Turkey Day @ Cumby.

Cohutta Wilderness?

Oooooo! I know!
Sipsey Wilderness!
Yeah, that's the ticket...

Then again, the Conecuh NF, AL, is kinda on the way home from my cousin's... mebbe me and Belle will do the 20-some-odd miles of their trails.

Or Myacca SP, FL (BP'er mag feature). The weather should be just right for there...


Heck - I DUNNO!”

“West-bygod-Virginia, bay-bee! annual keg party/dinner at Grandma's house :-)”

“Keg party at grandma's? Sounds like W. Virginia to me. ;-)”

“Lyra, your parents are adopting me, right?”

“gobbler day at home .then find time to finish packing. doing a presidential traverse 11/23-26 (NH)I am going solo because i can't seem to find anyone interested in going. if you see me hitching a ride on rte. 302 on monday stop and give me a ride back to my vehicle "PLEASE"”

“LOL! she's unlike any grandma you've ever met, i assure you :-) being Scotch-Irish doesn't hurt either ;-) and WV is a really fun place, they know how to par-tay!

yeah, DisneyWorld blew when i went, Fritz. maybe because it was 200 degrees out, and i was a high-schooler, with my family...”

“you'd be more than welcome, sklukaz...the more the merrier! how old's your son, by the way?”

“He's 14. Too big for the kiddy table, too young for the kegger.

When I went to Disney World it poured rain. No lines! Yes, some of the rides were closed until it quit raining but there were still no lines for about the first hour or so after it quit.”

“Ha! You all are TOO funny! We have to all get together. I wanna go to a WV keg party too!

I will be having turkey for my family of four plus the sister-in-law. We'll take the kids to see the Harry Potter movie, and do some Insane Friday mall shopping, because the kids love to see the holiday decorations.”

“yay, Lyndy!! now that's what i'm talkin' 'bout! :-) the mall, on the other hand...reminds me of my favorite game...

Would You Rather:

a) go to the mall the day after Thanksgiving

b) ride Space Mountain for 2 hours straight after eating your weight in turkey and drinking twice your weight in beer at my grandma's kegger”

“What a choice! Can I opt for c) none of the above? Or d) the second part of b only?”

“well, the fun part of Would You Rather is that you have to choose one or the other...but i'll make an exception this time ;-)”

“I've decided.
Belle and I are gonna summit Denali. I'm packing as I write.
Belle's ready - she has her "bole" in her mouth.”

“Ahhhh, that reminds me of my own dear departed grandmother. Her wake was one helluva send off that would have made her proud. When you're Polish, you are the beer tent!”

“I'm off to Oregon for turkey with the in-laws. It will be alot of fun ifn I can talk someone into daypacking with me. Other than that if will be food and football. Go 49ers!!”

“...or maybe do the Grand Canyon.”

“turkey and beer with the immediate family, napping, detroit lions game, napping, then bedtime.

no plans for the rest of the weekend. buddur mentioned a possible late november hike... but i haven't heard anything about it since!”

“oohhh, a post-binge hike? i could be talked into that! i'm headed to my aunt's house nearby to feast on Turkey day. no other plans here!”

“LOL, Lyra, one year we went to the Short Hills mall (very ritzy, $$$$) very early, so we could shop and leave before the crowds. We got there at 8 AM and all the big department stores were open. The only problem was that there was not a single place open that sold coffee! Ruined the day!”

“Thursday - dinner at sister's place most likely - probably pick up Mom at the assisted living place first - hope she still remembers me (sigh). Friday - possibly some trail maintenance - but then on the other hand perhaps not since the trails I would be working on are in a region where hunting is permitted - I am not personally worried about the hunters but I would not want to interfer with their hunting - the more deer they harvest the better IMO. Saturday I get to see my son for the day - no plans. Sunday - perhaps some trail maintenance - same concerns as Friday.”

“Gojo -

Make it Big Bend and swing by and pick me up, ok? Denali we can save for Easter Break! Course, the Canyon at Christmas is cool, too....

Lyndy, the Short Hills Mall on Black Friday, what WERE you thinking? What WERE you drinking?? LOL

You could not get me in a mall unless it had an awesome gear store with sales galore!

Ban All Malls!!!”

“Weren't drinking coffee, that's fer sure! It is a beautiful mall, though. And it isn't crowded on Black Friday until around 11 am. It has the only Nordstroms nearby, and they have great kids clothes.”