Thanksgiving &140 miles to the house next door!

[Richard Moore]

Thanksgiving dinner was at the sister-in-law’s place this year, down near Olympia, about 70 miles away. We jump in the car with the dog and take our place in some of the worst stop and go traffic I remember. About 2¼ hours later we arrive at the gate to the “communeâ€

[Chris Bernhardt]

Mom said she was too depressed to come over so it was just us and the kids and a chicken dinner cause the turkey which sat in our fridge out in the garage was still frozen.

Tonight, Saturday night, is the big shindig at our place. I hope my wife has kept it small this time. Small would be about 50 guests.

Last night 4 of us drank two bottles of Tres Generaciones plata Tequila and a bunch of beers.

You're all invited. See you tonight. Oh and BYOB[:-drunk] I ran out of Tequila!

Chris, Oregon