We headed to ATL on Saturday before Thanksgiving...and it was good to get home for a while. Home is always where Mom is... :)......The house was looking and smelling like the holidays.
The next day after church Denny and I headed down to Callaway Gardens. We were staying for the night. We had an overnite package in a cabin that included breakfast and a Jolly Trolley ride through the Christmas lights. Around 6p 9 more family members came down to ride the trolley and enjoy the evening. It was COLD and we were very glad we had some "special recipe" hot chocolate. Yum.... The ride was wonderful and the lights were beautiful...it was a great start to the holiday season.
Everyone else left around 9p and we headed back to the cabin...we lite the fire and had a wonderful evening. The next morning we went to the lodge for breakfast. It's served buffet style and was ok. Honestly, the breakfast we had several yrs ago when we did this was much better, but this was not bad. Then we had the rest of the day at Callaway to explore and do whatever we wanted. It was a bit chilly for biking so we rode around and saw some things, and then headed to see the animal show. It was really neat. It was outside, but the sun was out and we were dressed warm so we were ok.
Here's a few pictures of the "birds of prey" show.
In flight, heading to the trainer standing in the back
I got some good pictures of the Owl as the trainer walked past me
It was a wonderful show even if it was chilly. We drove around a bit more and headed for Mom's. Only 2 days until Thanksgiving and there was much to do.
Cousin Bill and his wife Debbie and their 2 girls, Jessica and Alyssa always drive up from FL for Thanksgiving and they arrived on Wed. Holidays are all about family...and actually we were missing a few this year that had to go in other directions, but we still had almost 20.....it was a great day.
A few of us went out that night for our annual shopping.....let the madness begin.
It was a great Thanksgiving with all the trimmings. Bring on the Christmas music....
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