This year for Thanksgiving we celebrated the same as last year... dinner at the church building with those whose families live far away. Everyone brought food to share and we had a delicious feast.
Then we went CAMPING with the Jeppsons. Yes, I know some of you are appalled... camping on Thanksgiving. But when you live in Texas where it is just beginning to feel like fall and your family is not around to be traditional with, YES, camping is the way to roll. We were going to go to this great campsite called Enchanted Rock about 3 hrs away (near Fredericksburg) but they are still under a burn ban. Our county lifted the burn ban but has no great campsites... but when it gets dark at 6:00, a campfire is a necessity.
So we found a camping area near the lake that was free (since it was offseason) and totally, eerily deserted (since normal people don't camp in November), located the ONE spot with a fire-pit, and set up camp!
We heated leftovers on the fire for dinner and made s'mores for dessert. After the kids went down for bed, Lori and I drove 2 minutes to the gas station to use the restroom (no trees, right next to a road... this isn't Utah) and then the adults hung out around the fire and chatted.
Bret and I had loaned out our air mattress and extra sleeping bags so we attempted to sleep right on the hard ground. We didn't really sleep much and were pretty achy in the morning. Bret was also feeling pretty sick and I think we were all a little cold, so we decided not to cook up the breakfast stuff we brought and just go home instead (considering home is 5 minutes away, we decided it was much easier than building another fire, etc.)
Overall, it was a blast and we loved hanging out with our friends around the fire on Thanksgiving!
Then we went CAMPING with the Jeppsons. Yes, I know some of you are appalled... camping on Thanksgiving. But when you live in Texas where it is just beginning to feel like fall and your family is not around to be traditional with, YES, camping is the way to roll. We were going to go to this great campsite called Enchanted Rock about 3 hrs away (near Fredericksburg) but they are still under a burn ban. Our county lifted the burn ban but has no great campsites... but when it gets dark at 6:00, a campfire is a necessity.
We heated leftovers on the fire for dinner and made s'mores for dessert. After the kids went down for bed, Lori and I drove 2 minutes to the gas station to use the restroom (no trees, right next to a road... this isn't Utah) and then the adults hung out around the fire and chatted.
Overall, it was a blast and we loved hanging out with our friends around the fire on Thanksgiving!
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