November 26, 2020

 Thursday November 26, 2020

Blog time 1400 sitting in office.

Up at 0700.  Made a cup of coffee before breakfast.  Nancy headed out on a 3.2 mile walk.

After breakfast I read the GRP.  The GRP’s Thanksgiving issue was large with all the ads.  I remember when the girls had a paper route I would help them with this huge heavy issue.  

I finished the paper and then dressed for a bike ride.  It was kind of a gloomy 41 when I headed out.  Today I rode 10.8 miles.

After the ride I compared the  exercise app data on my iPhone with Nancy’s iPhone.  Bottom line a 3.2 mile walk is equivalent to a 10.8 bike ride.

Past Thanksgivings

As a boy we attended a big family Thanksgiving at my Grandparent Scott’s farm.  About 50 family members were in attendance.  It was a great family affair.

My first Thanksgiving away from family was in 1961.  I had my meal at the Officers Club at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base.

1962 Thanksgiving was on Midway Island.

1963 I had Thanksgiving at a restaurant in Saigon, Vietnam.

1964 I was just out of the Navy and had dinner at 123 First Avenue in Alpena.

Since 1965 Nancy and I always have had Thanksgiving dinner together.  Some of the cities where we had our meal were:  Redwood City, Ca, Grand Rapids, Mi; Alpena, Mi; Terre Haute, IN; Paris, France; London, UK; Berlin, Germany; Rome, Italy; and Danang, VN

We had this year’s Thanksgiving meal at 1430.  Nancy purchased a pre prepared traditional dinner for two at D&W.  It was really quite good.

Nancy and I both took an after dinner walk to settle everything down.

All three kids FaceTimed us today to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving.  We are blessed to have such nice kids.  Thankfully, everyone is in fine health.

I had a cup of yogurt for dinner.  Tonight we watched a movie on Amazon Prime.  It was called “My Spy”.  It is a movie for young folks but I think it was the type of movie we needed.

It was very dark when checked front yard at 2200.  Weather will remain in low 40s for next 24 hours.