Sunday, December 2, 2012

2012 Thanksgiving

We saddle up the IQ and round up the hounds for to drive south to spend Thanksgiving week with family and friends in Leucadia.
Mary and Checkers
in travelling harnesses

YES - California does get some Fall colors

Mission Bell marker
at the Bradley Rest Area

Los Alamos wine country


Ahh - the Pacific Ocean just north of Santa  Barbara

Not long after we get settled and assemble all the ingredients, the women prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
Holly prepares the turkey for the oven

I do the side dishes

That's a beauty!

While the men are busy hardly working...
Peter checks football stats on his Mac Air while watching a game

Doug checks Black Friday sales - wait, how much is that lobster?


The table is set and the guests begin to arrive - time for the feasting to begin!
Thanksgiving table  with Hap's sock standing in for him

Karen enjoys some wine

Pete shares some pre-dinner drinks with us

... and feast we do - night after night.
Jamie & Peter
prepare lobsters

Looks like a magazine spread

Peter prepares to
devour a Maine lobster

Checkers sez
"Where's my lobster?"

Table's all set

Jamie gets up close
& personal with his

Beverage selections @ the Simons

More lobster @ the Hazards

Holly enjoys hers down to the last bite

One evening we celebrate Pete's 59th Birthday and help him clean out his freezer to make more room for his latest catch.
Doug mashes potatoes while Pete sips wine

Patti's ready
at the table

A birthday toast to Pete

Pete blows out his 59/95 candles

Pete w his cake

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil

Whew - with all the partying, we're getting worn out.
Sunset in Leucadia

Cono sez "Ohhh - I shouldn't have eaten the whole thing."

Fire for a cool evening

The next day we decide to work off at least some of the calories we've ingested over the last several days, by taking the dogs to the beach.
Solana Beach trail

Dog Beach in Del Mar

Two wild and
crazy guys

Humm... it looks like it's mostly the dogs getting all the exercise... especial the amazing leaping Cono dog.



Mary and Checkers get some wrestling in too

The beautiful and treacherous sand cliffs


After too much fun... it's time to hit Interstate 5, over the grapevine and back up into the Bay Area.



2012 Thanksgiving is one to remember
Top row - Peter, Karen, and Doug
Bottom row - me, Patti, and Holly w Hap's chair standing in for him



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