Now, next day, Lawton Virginia… at my niece’s house… The bird is in… the first bottle of champagne is open. There is food out on the counter… there are kids… my grand nieces and nephews under foot… its Thanksgiving as thanksgiving should be…
The bird is done, the stuffing too,
the gravy hot, mash potatoes too
Green beans; its Thanksgiving and we are feeling fine…
Phone calls awaiting from over seas
The kids are asking what’s for me
Jen is bribing the kids to go and hide
Its Thanksgiving, and we all have gathered here….
Wood and wine, we are all here…
Soon it time for pie…
Pecan and pumpkin and cream too…
Kellie is spraying whipped cream into everyone’s mouth…
Its Thanksgiving in Virginia…
Friday morning… we sleep in… we get up… Metro into DC… stop at a Starbucks for coffee and a danish… then on to the National Art Museum… They have a Di Vinci… then across the mall to the Air and Space Museum… We have special responsibilities, we are carrying a “Flat Stanley” visiting us from outside Chicago… and we need photos for Cassidy, his person… We meet another family carrying a flat Stanley in the Air and Space Museum… a group photo is needed… after a quick visit we are off to the Museum of the American Indian… The museum is challenging… it is hard to understand… I hated it after my first visit but now after 4 or 5 visits think it is an inspired museum which asks you to think… Tina is still not sure… we tried to eat in their café… but the lines were significant… off to a Mexican place behind the Library of Congress then back to the Botanical Garden, which had a special Christmas train and village exhibit… the exhibit was great… we spent more time than expected, then walked to Metro for a trip back to Matt’s to reclaim the car and join everyone else at Gaylord’s National Harbor… a destination Convention site and resort across the Potomac. Mike, Jen’s husband works there and we were off for their “ICE” exhibit… an carved ice village in a tent… kept at 9 degrees… They issue everyone heavy blue jackets… we explore… we ride the ice slide… a week ago I was testing water slides… now Ice slides… then off to the hotel lobby for tree lighting, indoor snow, and water and light shows… there were fireworks outside as well… after enjoying the festivities, and deciding that eating in any of their restaurants would involve a wait of hours we made for old town Alexandria… ended up in a high end Italian place… the kids were well behaved… all was good… we had wine (all was good) now home… getting ready for bed.
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