Turkey, Friends, and Family

I know I have not been writing much since coming to Sitka. We have been busily running around visiting friends and family. Wednesday we kicked off the Thanksgiving festivities by meeting at Eliason Harbor at 9am and jumping onboard the F/V Jeanine Kathleen and cruising out to False Island. After cruising at 7.5 knots for 6 hours we arrived at our destination. I had already been slow roasting the 70# of ribs we brought up, so we started the corn and the 20 friends and family members out there had an awesome dinner! After dinner the girls left our children and husbands and headed out on a 4-wheeling excursion.

The next morning we got up and went 4-wheeling. Hank had never driven one before, and Diana taught him well. He was racing the logging roads at 40 MPH in no time. That night we had the biggest Thanksgiving dinner that I have ever seen. There literally was a pie for almost everyone there.

Friday we came home and enjoyed hot showers again! We were all exhausted and fell into bed at about 8pm.

This morning we went to a Christmas bazaar, spent time with a couple of friends, Brie got her ears pierced, and then we had dinner with Kai (and his parents) and Aidan (and his parents).

I still have not downloaded any of the hundreds of pictures we have taken, so I am hoping to get that done so you can enjoy some of this vacation as we have. Aidan’s mom actually took this picture and I stole it from her for this site.