Thursday,
22 November, 2018
This
is more of the make up blog from 2018, the final installment.
We
were invited to Walnut Creek for Thanksgiving again this year. The
feast was to be at Cindy and Gary’s son Doug’s house. Doug and
Michelle have always been kind enough to include us in there
festivities for which we are most appreciative.
We
drove up Thanksgiving morning with only moderate traffic and one slow
down. We had a nice visit and a great meal with contributions by all
who were there.
That
evening we drove to Cindy and Gary’s house and spent the next few
days with them. Cindy had just had a knee replacement so physical
activities were not on her list. We did see a couple of movies
however.
On
Monday morning after Thanksgiving, we drove to Lake Tahoe where Cindy
had arranged a 3 day stay at one of their Time Share’s located just
below the Heavenly ski area. It was a nice 2 bedroom unit with a
shared living room and kitchen.
The
next morning we drove around Lake Tahoe, something Clyda and I have
never done. We have been around the Western side but not the Eastern.
It was very cold and windy. We did get out of the car, once, to look
at the view but quickly returned to the warmth of the heater in the
car.
Once
around the lake we stopped at a small casino for lunch.
Clyda trying to earn money for lunch.
We did more
driving around the area, saw a few more movies, and spent one day
inside the unit playing Sequence and card games because we were
snowed in. We were supposed to leave on Thursday but it snowed
overnight and the roads were closed. Gary managed to get us an
extension to our stay so we didn’t leave until Friday.
Gourmet street tacos.
The
snow was beautiful. All the trees were covered like you see on
Christmas cards. Unfortunately, the only photos we have were taken
from the windows of the time share but you get the idea.
We
drove back to Walnut Creek and then home on Saturday.
Since
then we were busy with Christmas stuff like putting up the outside
lights and decorations on Sunday, decorating the tree a few days
later and putting all the other decorations up in the house.
Christmas
day we opened presents in the morning with Craig then drove to
Newberry Park to our Niece Chelsea’s house.
Christmas morning at our house.
Her twins are now 8
years old so of course they got Hover Boards for Christmas. They did
really well on them even in the house, that is until late in the day
when Braedon fell and hurt his elbow. He now has a cast on his arm.
He didn’t break it. I told him he needed a helmet, knee pads, and
elbow pads to ride a Hover board.
Later
in the day we had a ginger bread house building contest. I think
Clyda’s and my house was the best.
Chelsea’s husband Steve cooked
the turkey and most of the remaining part of the meal. Steve is a
good cook.
That
pretty much closes out 2018, except that I had a follow up Urology
appointment after the holidays and Hallelujah, no kidney stones. I
guess a small glass of cranberry juice in the morning and eating
mostly a Whole Foods Plant Based diet is working.
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