Lucky us, we get to have the turkey dinner experience twice!
We joined our "family" of 16 persons in the Hall at our Park. Let us explain....
So, the family is created when folks put their name on a list where the first sign-ups become responsible for cooking a turkey provided by the Park and the rest of us indicate what we will bring to the meal.
On Thanksgiving Day we met to eat in the hall at 3 pm. Three banquet tables are arranged in a U-shape for each "family". The food is put on the the table at the bottom of the U and we sit along both sides of each arm of the U.
Our "family" enjoyed turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry condiments, two different salads, home made buns, roasted squash, roasted sweet potoato, harvard beets and a corn casserole. Then there was dessert - pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake! There were even leftovers to bring home.
We were at the same table as friends Wayne & Maureen but chatted mostly with people across the table from us whom we had never met before. That's the joy of this arrangement. Jim & Gerri are from Washington state, not too far from British Columbia. The most amazing thing we learned is that they have been married 68 years! We're just getting started, apparently, as we look forward to 50 years next April.
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