Thursday November 24th 2016

Happy Thanksgiving.

Today started off as a cloudy dull day. It evolved into a partly cloudy day with the temperature in the low 80s. My day started with the noise of one of my neighbors departing. There were several sites that turned over at the campground this morning including a couple that I was sure were here for the long weekend. The campers from the local area that come in for a few days for the fishing are hard to predict.

Two boats departing the lock eastbound this morning. The larger one was in a rush. It open the engines full as soon as it cleared the speed marker.

I spent the morning watching parades on television. I’m not sure why, but each of the three major networks were covering a parade this morning. CBS and NBC had the Macy’s parade and ABC was covering the Philadelphia parade. This is similar to the coverage I remember from many years ago. In the last few years I’ve only seen NBC covering the Macy’s parade. I can’t say the parades were anything unique, but they were an OK accompaniment for breakfast and my morning Internet reading.

This afternoon I drove south about thirty five miles to the Seminole Casino in Immokalee FL. Casinos usual have restaurants that don’t need reservations and can easily handle a single dinner. I found what I was looking for, a good turkey dinner for the holiday while watching football on a giant screen TV. As an added bonus I got to play a few slot machines.

The meal wasn’t terribly cheap, but it was good. Turkey, dressing, mash potato with gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, bread and pumpkin pie were the Thanksgiving special for $25. It was very good and with the exception of the cranberry sauce were all suitable for consumption. For some reason, I’ve never developed a taste for cranberries other than in breads. The slot machine play wasn’t as good.

Great Egret on the far bank in front of my camp site.

I was back at the campground in time to catch the sunset down the river. The partial cloud cover created purple red pattern in the western sky. Tomorrow’s weather is forecast to be similar.