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My First Thanksgiving
Thursday was my first Thanksgiving Day in America. We travelled to the Keene area of New Hampshire to celebrate with our parents and my wifes’ sister. A great time was had by all! The Thanksgiving meal was fantastic; it included turkey, sausage stuffing, sweet potato, cranberry rolls, vegetables, prosciutto ham, salad, pumpkin bread with cranberry butter and a gorgeous sweet potato pie.
Following the meal we went on a 3 mile walk. We walked to a nearby monument which stands where the house of the mother of a former president used to stand. It was nice to get a stretch of the legs and help the turkey go down!
In the evening we played Clue (Cludo in the UK) until we got tired.
The following day my father and I drove across the border into Massachusetts to do a walk to Royalston Falls which is a 40 foot waterfall. We saw a series of small falls and some wonderful rock formations along the ravine but did not end up seeing the main fall (as we discovered when we got back and read the literature!). While we were in the ravine it snowed a little and transformed the forest into a winter scene. On the walk back to our car I slipped on a cleverly disguised block of ice and fell over! Don’t worry though, the camera around my neck was left undamaged! I landed on my left arm and bruised it a bit though!
For the remainder of the day we drove with the rest of the family to some covered bridges and to the Vermont Country Store, followed by coffee at Burdicks.
I really enjoyed my first Thanksgiving and I am now looking forward to my second!