November 27 - Resort Adventures

November 27, 2019

Day 331 - 34 Days to go
95 Days Until March 1

Base Camp Coffee of the Day: Ozark Mountain Turtle (Chocolate, Caramel and Pecan flavor)

Dad with great grandson Callahan getting high fives!

It's the day before Thanksgiving and the holiday has changed for us this year. Over the past several years, Thanksgiving cooking and my parents increasing difficulty with mobility has begun to transform Thanksgiving into something much simpler than the traditional big meal. With my mom leading the way at deciding what and where we would celebrate the family holiday, we found ourselves indulging her more and more with a couple of her favorites. They include oyster stew and/or Pizza. Sometimes at the same time. Don't laugh. Mom was serious about oyster stew, and Pizza was on her "favorite's list" as well. Occasionally it would be carry out Pizza brought to their assisted living home, other times it was to have everyone load up and go to a local Pizza shop. Godfather's was close and so many of our birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and special occasions ended up at the local Godfathers Pizza with our family taking over the party room for an hour or two. Thanksgiving this year would be the first family holiday without mom and the difficult schedule dictated that we try something a day early. Leaving the decision to dad, he didn't hesitate choosing a Godfathers Thanksgiving for the Family Gathering. I'm not sure if it was inspired because of a pizza craving, the simplicity of it or the fact that it's what mom would have probably chosen. In any case, we gathered in the party room once again for our "Teig Family Thanksgiving Day Meal". We were one family member short this year, but we were all thankful for those who could still gather together and enjoy the company of family. Four generations were represented today and once again, we were thankful.

Adventure Quote: The only traditions of importance are the ones we share together!
     ~Martin Teig